Birth injuries include a wide range of nerve and spinal cord trauma due to various mechanical forces during labor and delivery, leading to neurodevelopment impairment. Erb’s Palsy or Erb-Duchenne Palsy is a form of brachial plexus birth palsy. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, this traumatic birth injury occurs in one or two of every thousand newborns. The cause of this disability is attributed to a poorly performed delivery by an obstetrician or midwife, an act of medical negligence. Risk factors include a large baby, a breech presentation, prolonged delivery, or the use of obstetrical tools. When excessive force and other mechanisms are used to pull the baby from the birth canal, the baby’s neck can be excessively stretched, damaging the arm’s brachial nerves.
