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What is Shoulder Dystocia?
 Shoulder
dystocia frequently is benign. Yet, for some, shoulder dystocia has
severe consequences. Babies suffer from Erb’s palsy and brachial
plexus palsy (nerve damage that causes deformity and permanent
disability), broken bones, permanent brain damage due to suffocation
during birth, and death. Mothers may suffer from uterine rupture,
hemorrhage, painful separation of pelvic bones, a permanent opening
that tears between the vagina and rectum and is subject to many
infections.
Although stuck shoulder births are hard to predict, the first sign of
a problem is when the baby’s shoulder doesn’t appear right after her
head or if the head appears and then retreats. Some risk factors
associated with stuck shoulder are: unusually long labor, gestational
or maternal diabetes, using forceps with the birth, a petite mother,
delivery after due date, abnormally shaped pelvis, excessive weight
gain during pregnancy, and an oversized baby. Stuck shoulder affects
0.25 percent to one percent of U.S. births per year.
Medical malpractice results when a doctor does not provide the best
care possible or fails to live up to a standard of care recognized by
the medical community. Do you have a medical
malpractice lawsuit caused by shoulder dystocia?
Ignoring risk factors could justify medical malpractice. Medical
malpractice may happen when a doctor uses excessive force to
reposition the baby, tearing nerves causing Erb’s palsy or brachial
plexus palsy which causes partial or complete paralysis. Paralysis may
last for a few months, a few years, or forever. Paralysis leaves
babies and children with limited use of their arms, atrophied arms,
and disfigurement. Sometimes multiple surgeries and physical therapy
correct the problem and sometimes not, causing permanent disabilities.
Please contact Monheit Law for a free legal
consultation.
By answering a few questions, you are under no obligation to continue.
If you decide to retain us and we decide to take your case, it will be
on a contingency basis which means if we don’t win the medical
malpractice lawsuit for you – Monheit Law does not get paid. We’re
motivated to win and seek justice on your behalf.
Does your baby or child suffer from stuck
shoulder/shoulder dystocia?
Do you suffer from childbirth complications caused
by stuck shoulder?
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