Did Your Child's Birth Injury Result in Erb's Palsy? Contact a Lawyer at Jacobs & Jacobs
Childbirth is a natural process that usually goes well and results in healthy babies for healthy mothers. However, in some cases, there are circumstances that cause complications during labor and delivery. These complications can result in birth injuries such as cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy.
Erb's palsy refers to weakness or paralysis of a newborn's upper arm, typically resulting from shoulder dystocia. The American Academy of Family Physicians defines shoulder dystocia as "a delivery in which additional maneuvers are required . . . when the fetal anterior shoulder impacts against the maternal symphysis following delivery of the vertex."
Well-trained obstetricians know how to respond when shoulder dystocia is a threat, through special manipulations — rotation maneuvers — can overcome this obstacle to facilitate the delivery of a healthy child. The result of failure to rotate the baby properly and in time may be nerve damage and a "withered" arm effect. A baby with Erb's palsy may heal on his or her own, may require therapy, or may respond to surgery.
Whatever your baby's prognosis after a delivery marked by shoulder dystocia and Erb's palsy, you deserve answers. If your baby requires surgery, your obstetrician's malpractice insurance may be responsible to provide funding for that. The birth injury attorneys of the New Haven personal injury law firm of Jacobs & Jacobs have years of experience getting answers — and compensation — for injured Connecticut residents.
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