Brachial Plexus Injury Lawyers
In New York and New Jersey, serving clients across the USA
Brachial
Plexus Injury also known as Brachial Plexus Palsy,
Erb’s Palsy, Duchenne's Palsy, and Klumpke's Palsy is
a result of a birth complication called Shoulder Dystocia.
Shoulder Dystocia describes a situation where
the fetal head has been delivered, but the shoulders are stuck
behind the mother’s pelvic bone and cannot be freed.
This often results in injury by either blocking the baby’s
ability to breathe resulting in neurological damage, causing
skeletal injury that may fracture the baby’s clavicle
or humerus, or causing brachial plexus injuries.
These injuries damage the bundle (plexus) of nerves that control
the shoulder, arm, wrist and hand muscles.
The
brachial plexus nerves emerge from the spinal cord
and travel across the shoulder, along the arms, into the hand,
to the tips of the fingers. There are four types of Brachial
Plexus Injuries. They are:
•
Stretch/Neuropraxia/Praxis Injury – This
describes a condition where the brachial plexus nerves have
been damaged but not torn. It involves a degree of swelling,
bruising, compression, or over-stretching. The seriousness
of this type of damage can vary widely. Depending on severity,
the injury may recover naturally over time.
• Neuroma – This condition
results from scar tissue around the injury that prevents
the nerve from communicating properly with the muscle, thus
impairing movement. Surgery is usually required to remove
the scar tissue.
• Rupture - Indicates a more serious
condition where the nerves are torn in one or more places,
but are not detached from the spinal column. Damage is usually
permanent and does not spontaneously heal. Surgery is required
for repair.
• Avulsion – This is the most
serious of brachial plexus injuries, where the nerve is
actually torn from the spine. The arm is usually completely
flaccid and paralyzed. Often more than just the arm is affected.
Avulsion injuries have permanently damaging consequences
that last a lifetime.
Because
the symptoms of each type of injury can appear to be similar,
it can be difficult to determine the exact nature of the injury
from the outset. Also, more than one of these conditions can
exist simultaneously.
SYMPTOMS
• TREATMENT
• RISK FACTORS
• PREVENTION
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