Postpartum obturator neurapraxia. A case report
Haas, D.M.; Meadows, R.S.; Cottrell, R.; Stone, W.J.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 48(6): 469-470
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 12856522 Document Number: 553228
BACKGROUND: Obturator nerve injury is a rare complication of vaginal delivery. CASE: Postpartum obturator neurapraxia was clinically diagnosed in a 22-year-old woman on the first postpartum day after a vaginal delivery. With physical therapy, the neurologic symptoms resolved by the third postpartum month. CONCLUSION: Maternal nerve injuries are uncommon in obstetrics. The diagnosis of obturator neurapraxia is usually made clinically. The symptoms will resolve with conservative physical therapy alone in the majority of cases.