Shoulder Dystocia describes a situation where the baby’s head has been delivered, but the shoulders are stuck behind the mother’s pelvic bone and cannot be freed. Injuries resulting from shoulder dystocia include brachial plexus injuries (also known as Erb’s Palsy). These injuries damage the bundle (plexus) of nerves that control the shoulder, arm, wrist and hand muscles.

          If you or a loved one has suffered shoulder dystocia or any other type of birth injury, call a birth injury lawyer at Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP today, at 1-800-460-0606.

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