If your or your loved one has suffered because of a brachial plexus injury, we could help your family gain access to compensation to make daily life easier.
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Our expert medical negligence solicitors have successfully concluded many cases for individuals who have suffered due to brachial plexus injuries.
We understand that the claims process can be an emotional experience for parents and their family and that’s why we strive to offer a first class service, ensuring that you are given the advice and guidance you need.
How does a Brachial Plexus injury occur?
The brachial plexus refers to a leash of nerves that stems from the base of the neck, leading across the shoulders and into the arm.
A brachial plexus injury can occur to these nerves during childbirth if the baby’s shoulder becomes stuck behind the symphysis pubis during an obstetric emergency. Since the baby’s chest is compressed in this situation, its ability to breathe is restricted.
Midwives and obstetricians have a window of up to 10 minutes (or fewer, for a distressed baby) to deliver the child before their risk of sustaining brain damage or dying becomes serious.
If the baby’s head is pulled too hard during this time, then the nerves of the brachial plexus could become bruised, stressed or completely torn, which can cause significant problems in the future, requiring surgery or physiotherapy to fix it.
If you or a loved one has suffered brachial plexus injury as a result of substandard medical treatment involving obstetric negligence, you could be entitled to make a compensation claim.
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If you’d like to utilise the experience and expertise of our obsteric negligence solicitors, we would love to fight for the support and rehabilitation you deserve.
From our head office in central Sunderland (just a stone’s throw from the train station), we can quickly travel to anywhere in the North East. We also represent people from across the UK, many of whom have been referred by previously successful clients.
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