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.
The improper use of forceps to assist in a difficult delivery may also result in a baby's brachial
plexus palsy birth injury.
Medical negligence or malpractice leading to a child's brachial
plexus palsy birth injury may occur during the care of the mother during her pregnancy or during the labor and delivery stages of the birth of her child.
Not exact matches
Other researchers have found that brachial
plexus palsy happens in about 3 per 10,000 Cesarean
births (Chauhan et al. 2014).
We are skilled in addressing all types of
birth injury claims, including those that involve cerebral
palsy, Erb's
palsy, brachial
plexus injury, shoulder dystocia, paralysis, developmental delays, infections, and much more.
Brachial
plexus injuries (commonly described as a «
palsy») have an incidence of 1.5 cases per 1000 live
births and have not declined despite recent advances in obstetrics.
Erg - Duchenne
Palsy is a type of
birth injury to the brachial
plexus that can be caused by medical malpractice.
Every state has laws covering
birth injury malpractice, though these can be difficult to negotiate without the help of brachial
plexus palsy lawyers.
Birth injuries can include cerebral
palsy from lack of oxygen, failure of doctors to perform a Caesarian section to avoid a traumatic delivery, Erb's
palsy or shoulder dystocia (brachial
plexus injury) caused by a traumatic delivery, or developmental delays caused by lack of oxygen.
Common
birth injuries include bruising from forceps, fractures of the clavicle or collarbone, and brachial
plexus palsy (Erb's Pa
palsy (Erb's
PalsyPalsy).
A brachial
plexus palsy attorney will work with you to determine the responsibility for this preventable
birth injury.
Brachial
plexus palsy lawyers are familiar with efforts to conceal the causes and responsibility for
birth injuries and they can help you seek a just settlement.
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.
Brachial
plexus palsy lawyers seek to hold negligent medical providers responsible for preventable
birth injuries.
Brachial
plexus palsy lawyers can work with you to determine the possibility that your child may have suffered a preventable
birth injury.
Symptoms of brachial
plexus palsy can be evident soon after
birth or in a child's first years.
Erb's
palsy (brachial
plexus palsy)-- a condition due to
birth trauma that affects one or all of the five primary nerves that supply movement and feeling to an arm.
If, on the other hand, the fetus's macrosomia is found to have been caused by medical negligence during the mother's pregnancy, such negligence may be found to combine with the negligence of medical personnel assisting in her child's
birth to cause a child's brachial
plexus palsy or other
birth injury.
Thus, an obstetrician's failure to adequately monitor and manage a pregnant patient's diabetes or excessive weight gain may be determined to constitute medical negligence causal of a child's brachial
plexus or Erb's
palsy birth injury.
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The tragic consequences of a
birth injury can be as terrible as the loss of life of the child, through to a child with Erb's
palsy, cerebral
palsy, brachial
plexus injuries and other catastrophic injuries.
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.
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.
Brachial
plexus palsy is a
birth injury that causes a weakness or loss of movement in a child's arm, hand, fingers, and / or shoulder.
Erb's
Palsy is one of a few different types of
birth injuries which involve damage to the nerves in the brachial
plexus.
Among several
birth injuries, one of the most common from which children suffer is known as brachial
plexus palsy.