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Santa Rosa Shoulder Dystocia Attorney
If your baby suffers from the effects of shoulder dystocia following a difficult birth in a Santa Rosa hospital or anywhere in the Bay Area, you owe it to your child to learn all that you can about why and whether corrective measures may help.
Typically, shoulder dystocia occurs when a baby becomes trapped behind the pelvic bone during delivery, and the OBGYN feels compelled to extract the baby in a way that causes irreparable harm to the baby's shoulder. The result may be that the child is unable to use that arm.
Can Anything Be Done About Shoulder Dystocia? Who Will Pay for Surgery, if Indicated?
In some cases, prompt surgical intervention by specialists can help to mitigate or reverse the damage caused by shoulder dystocia. If this is a possibility in your baby's case, you want to do anything that you can to maximize the chances of salvaging the baby's use of the affected arm.
If surgery will not help your baby who suffers from shoulder dystocia, he or she faces many challenges in the coming years. Physical and occupational therapy, psychological counseling and perhaps special education may be needed to help the child cope and deal with dysfunction caused by the shoulder dystocia.
How and Why Did the Shoulder Dystocia Occur? Get Answers.
Was your OBGYN negligent during delivery of your baby, resulting in the birth injury? Did the doctor fail to diagnose high-risk conditions while you were pregnant, and a C-section could have been scheduled?
Questions and answers such as these are best left to experienced birth injury attorneys. At the law offices of Teal Montgomery & Henderson (with offices in both Sacramento and Santa Rosa), our lawyers know how to pursue and find answers to such questions.
Clear answers that point to medical negligence may open the door to a birth injury claim or lawsuit that will give your child the financial resources that he or she will need to cope with shoulder dystocia.
Contact a California Fetal Distress Attorney
Our team of dedicated, skilled medical malpractice attorneys includes a doctor who is also a lawyer. The entire law firm of Teal Montgomery & Henderson is prepared to place your child's birth injury case as a top priority if we decide to take the case, and you decide to retain our law firm on a contingency basis.
Find out more on the " How We Can Help You" page. Learn more about personal injury law on our " Frequently Asked Questions" page. See a sampling of " Results" and " Testimonials." We welcome you to contact us by phone or e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation at your convenience. A Santa Rosa shoulder dystocia lawyer can visit you in your home or hospital if necessary.
