Patient's question:
I recently heard that one of my colleagues has just given birth to a child. She had a preterm birth, and even when her child was born, there was a clavicle fracture. Could you please explain why preterm infants sometimes experience clavicle fractures during delivery?Doctor's answer:
If the physical development of premature infants is not perfect, it is usually because their lungs are not fully mature, and their hearts or brains are not well-developed. After birth, the baby should stay in the neonatal department for a period of observation and continue to use nutritional drugs to further improve the various organs of premature infants. If the clavicle fracture is likely to be caused during the natural delivery process, especially when the baby's head is hanging down and the shoulders need to be rotated, if the operation is not proper, the midwife may break the clavicle.