Erbs Palsy Lawyer
Birth injury attorney Jeffrey Killino knows erbs palsy. His experienced legal team understands the emotional as well as psychological impact this devastating diagnosis can have on a family. What can be even more traumatic, however, is discovering that a mistake made by a doctor, nurse, or another healthcare provider before, during or after the birth process caused the injury.
Experienced Attorneys Who Know Birth Injuries
Birth complications that result in erbs palsy can happen for a number of reasons. In many cases, erbs palsy is a preventable condition that may be due to medical negligence. If you are interested in learning more about erbs palsy causes and erbs palsy treatment, contact birth injury attorney Jeffrey Killino, who can determine your legal rights and options.
As an experienced and reputable attorney, dealing with a host of child injury medical malpractice cases, Jeffrey Killino will go the extra mile to secure compensation for victims of birth injuries such as erbs palsy. His diverse legal team includes paralegals, investigators as well as top notch attorneys who will work closely with medical professionals to assist us in conducting a thorough probe to determine the exact cause.
Birth injury attorney Jeffrey Killino is committed to legal issues concerning children and believes that doctors, nurses and all healthcare providers have a responsibility to patients, especially children. When parents put their trust into the hands of medical professionals, they expect the very best care, so when they make mistakes or act negligently, they need to be held accountable.
If negligence is proven, our attorneys are trained and committed to ensuring that all responsible parties are held accountable for their actions. We are not afraid to stand up to large hospitals or insurance companies and will not settle for anything less than the full compensation you and your child are entitled to. If your child was diagnosed with erbs palsy and you suspect medical negligence, contact birth injury lawyer Jeffrey Killino for compassionate, sympathetic, yet aggressive legal service.
Potential Causes
Erbs palsy is a condition that affects the group of nerves that control the muscles in the arms and hands and can include symptoms of limpness, paralysis, lack of muscle control, and decreased sensation in the affected areas. As a result, a person can develop certain injuries that can include stretching of the nerves, scar tissue around the nerves, as well as ruptured or torn nerves. The most common cause of erb's palsy is dystocia, an abnormal or difficult childbirth or labor. For example, it can occur if the infant's head and neck are pulled toward the side at the same time as the shoulders pass through the birth canal. The condition can also be caused by excessive pulling on the shoulders during a headfirst delivery or by pressure on the raised arms during a breech birth. Many factors affect how severe the injury is. The first is the number of nerves that have been affected. Of the five nerves of the brachial plexus the first two are most often involved. A classic sign of this is an elbow which does not bend and the hand being held in backwards position.
The nervous damage is often the most problematic of the side effects to Erb's Palsy, but it is also the most varying. There have been cases of patients who have lost complete sensory perception within the arm after procedures whereas they had full sensory perception before. The most common area for a loss of sensory perception (except where the arm faces a total loss) is that between the shoulder and the elbow since the nerves which provide information from that area to the brain are also those first damaged in the initial trauma.
Symptoms
- Arm paralysis
- Limp arm
- Arm motor control difficulty
- Arm numbness
Treatment
Approximately two infants out of every 10,000 births will require surgical erbs palsy treatment to recovery from a birth injury that causes nerve damage in the brachial plexus region.
Surgery, physical, occupational therapy, and hydrotherapy can help to increase a child's range of movement in the upper extremities, keep the muscles from atrophy or rigidity, and strengthen the muscles and tendons in the affected extremities. With erbs palsy treatment, mild cases tend to resolve within three or four months. With more serious cases recovery may occur slowly over the first 18 to 24 months of life. Typically after two years, little improvement in a patient's condition will occur. In some cases, patients will have some degree of long term disability.
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If your child was diagnosed with erbs palsy , you may qualify to seek compensation from the responsible parties. To speak with experienced birth injury attorney, Jeffrey Killino, contact our law offices today. Call us toll free at (877) 875-2927 or fill out the email form below and one of our experienced cerebral palsy lawyers will contact you promptly so you can get the results you and your child deserve.