Adv Neonatal Care. 2005;5(4):181-189. Kathleen Benjamin, RNC, MS, NNP, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colo. Shoulder position in relationship to maternal bony pelvis structures. Note the ...

About one in 1,000 children are born with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI), upper extremity weakness or paralysis resulting from trauma to the brachial plexus nerves during childbirth.

If the axons fail to progress past the injury site, a scar of nerve tissue called a neuroma may form, resulting in blocked nerve conduction. Kathleen Benjamin, RNC, MS, NNP, The Children's ...