Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
Brachial plexus birth palsy is an injury to a network of nerves that sends signals to a child's shoulders and arms that is thought to occur if a newborn's shoulders get stuck during delivery. In this Children's Channel video, Mark Adamczyk, MD, a co-director of the Brachial Plexus Treatment Center at Akron Children's Hospital, discusses the occurrence and treatment this injury.