Not exact matches
In one study that looked at 387 children who experienced brachial
plexus palsy, 92 % were born vaginally and 8 % were born
by Cesarean (Chang et al. 2016).
Erg - Duchenne
Palsy is a type of birth injury to the brachial
plexus that can be caused
by medical malpractice.
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.
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, 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.
The physician may, thus, be found liable in a medical malpractice action for a brachial
plexus palsy injury sustained
by the child during the child's vaginal delivery.
If your child sustained any type of brachial
plexus palsy injury during childbirth and you suspect that your child's injury may have been caused
by medical negligence, brachial
plexus palsy attorney Jeff Killino will fight for the compensation to which you and your child are entitled.
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.
Erb's
palsy is also caused
by mistakes during a baby's delivery that damage a crucial web of nerves known as the brachial
plexus.
Erb's
palsy may be caused
by the same sorts of medical negligence that can lead to other brachial
plexus palsies.