Prevention -- Preconceptual Risk Factors -- Antepartum Risk Factors -- Role of Ultrasound in Shoulder Dystocia -- Intrapartum Risk Factors -- Pelvimetry -- Treatment -- Recognition of Disproportion -- Delivery Techniques -- The McRoberts Maneuver -- Cephalic Replacement: The Gunn-Zavanelli-O’Leary Maneuver -- Infant Injury -- Clinical Considerations -- In Utero Causation of Brachial Plexus Injury: Myth or Mystery? -- Recurrent Shoulder Dystocia -- Predisposing Factors for Shoulder Dystocia-Related Birth Injuries: Causation Analysis -- Recognition, Classification, and Management of Shoulder Dystocia: The Relationship to Causation of Brachial Plexus Injury -- Minimizing the Risks of Shoulder Dystocia-Related Fetal Injuries -- The Maternal Fetal Medicine Viewpoint: Causation and Litigation -- Brachial Plexus Injury at Cesarean Section -- Delivery of the Nondiabetic Macrosomic Infant -- The Midwifery View of Shoulder Dystocia -- Recent Research: Relevant and Reliable -- Observations on the Etiology of Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy Based on Radiographic, Intraoperative, and Histologic Findings.

During the past several years, there has been an extensive reappraisal of the physiologic changes of pregnancy and their associated disorders, along with a refinement of diagnostic procedures and evaluation of the therapeutic approaches that are of primary concern to the physician. In Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury: Prevention and Treatment, Third Edition, noted authority James A. O’Leary, M.D., with 40 years experience as an M.D. academician, lecturer, practitioner and clinical researcher with almost 200 contributions to the OB-GYN literature and textbooks, shares his insight on treatment techniques, identification and treatment of predisposing risk factors, current statistical data, ultrasound diagnosis and the necessary steps toward prevention, along with a thorough review of the important medical-legal issues. Shoulder Dystocia and Birth Injury: Prevention and Treatment, Third Edition supplements the limits of personal experience with the accumulated experience of many talented clinicians to aid physicians, midwives, and professionals in training with the most current information in this vital field.