Pregnant Women with Orthopaedic Trauma Have a Greater Likelihood to Deliver Prematurely (IMAGE)

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Pregnant Women with Orthopaedic Trauma Have a Greater Likelihood to Deliver Prematurely

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Pregnant women with orthopaedic trauma have a greater likelihood to deliver prematurely -- more than three weeks before a baby is due -- in gestation weeks 24 to 33 (17 percent versus 3 percent) and 37 weeks (31 percent versus 3 percent).

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