Obstetric neonatal brachial plexus and facial nerve injuries: a 17 years single tertiary maternity hospital experience

ConclusionsOur obstetric neonatal nerve injury rate (0.085%) was low with our brachial plexus injury rate (0.051%) being about one third of a historical rate from Ireland (0.15%) and half of the rate recently reported from the United States (0.12%) which could be linked to our staff dealing with many high risk pregnancies. Neonatal birth injury data should be included as a clinical safety marker for delivery units.
Source: European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research