Erb's palsy is initially frightening. The infant's arm hangs limply from the shoulder with flexion of the wrist and fingers due to weakness of muscles innervated by cervical roots C5 and C6. Risk factors are macrosomia (large baby) and shoulder dystocia. However, Erb's palsy may occur follo...
Very mild cases of Erb’s palsy, where a nerve has been minimally stretched during birth, may be recovered from completely without intervention. However, the key to restoring full function to the arm is early intervention. If you note that an infant’s arm seldom, if ever, moves, or seems...
Since the establishment of the obstetrical brachial plexus clinic in Saudi Arabia, the author has designed a prospective study in which the indication for brachial plexus surgery in infants with Erb's palsy was the lack of active elbow flexion against gravity at 4 months of age. Forty-three inf...