Caput Succedaneum and Cephalohematoma: The Cs that …
been placed.1,8 These risk factors contribute to the traumatic impact of the birthing process on the head and are well docu-mented in the literature. Cephalohematoma is an injury that results from trauma to the skull as it is forcefully and repeatedly compressed against the pelvic bones with contractions during labor. This
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