Sentences with phrase «brachial plexus injuries result»

Typically brachial plexus injuries result during delivery and when there is difficulty removing the baby's shoulder, which is called shoulder dystocia.

It has been traditionally thought that most brachial plexus injuries result from stretching of the nerves of the brachial plexus during delivery.

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The authors chose to evaluate the results by creating an index of primary events comprising intrapartum stillbirths, early neonatal deaths, neonatal encephalopathy [brain damage] meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, and fractured humerus or clavicle.

Brachial plexus injuries are one common type of birth injury that commonly result in birth injury lawsuits.

The Cochran Firm wants to help you deal with the aftermath of brachial plexus damage resulting in Erb's palsy and get you the compensation you deserve for your child or loved one's injury.

The more common types of injuries include cuts and bruises caused by pressure on the head during birth, facial paralysis, bone fractures, brachial plexus injury (nerve damage which results in paralysis of the arm) and cerebral palsy.

If you have concerns that your child's cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy (Brachial Plexus Palsy) or birth injury is a result of a medical mistake, you deserve answers.

If a medical professional does it the wrong way and applies the wrong kind of pressure, the baby can get a brachial plexus injury which results in that child's arm hanging limply to the side for the rest of his or her life.

Since not every birth which involves shoulder dystocia results in a brachial plexus injury, it is likely that at least some cases of Erb's Palsy can be prevented.

If your child suffered a brachial plexus injury which resulted in Erb's palsy, the personal injury and medical malpractice attorneys at Peter Thompson & Associates want to help you.

Brachial plexus palsy injuries may also occur as a result of medical malpractice during the labor and delivery stages of a child's birth, even in the absence of medical negligence during a mother's pregnancy.

Shoulder dystocia is far more likely to occur with fetuses over a certain size and weight and often results in brachial plexus palsy injuries when obstetricians or others assisting in a child's birth pull on or stretch a baby's neck or head in an attempt to get the baby's shoulder free of the mother's pelvic bone.

The improper use of forceps to assist in a difficult delivery may also result in a baby's brachial plexus palsy birth injury.

If your child has sustained a brachial plexus palsy birth injury and you believe that your child's injury may have been caused by medical malpractice or negligence during your pregnancy or the delivery of your child, you may be entitled to compensation for the damages your child has suffered as a result.

Errors during a C - Section can cause fetal lacerations, which may result in, among other things, facial injuries, cervical cord injuries, brachial plexus injuries, and fractures.

Nerves in the brachial plexus may be torn or otherwise damaged, resulting in brachial plexus palsy and other palsy injuries.

The negligence of an obstetrician or other medical personnel can result in a child's cranial or spinal cord injury, umbilical cord strangulation, cerebral palsy and other asphyxiation injuries, Erb's or brachial plexus palsy, and many others.