Vacuum extractors and forceps are both tools that can be used to assist with a vaginal birth. In developed countries, vacuum extractors have become much more commonly used than forceps, and in certain situations are the safer choice. However, this tool also involves serious risks. For example, some studies have found an association between the…
In the United States and Canada, C-section delivery has become more common over the past few decades. In contrast, there has been a decline in operative vaginal deliveries (those which involve tools such as forceps or vacuum extractors). Because of this inverse relationship, some have suggested that performing more operative deliveries could be a good…
In our previous article, we discussed a recent study that found a connection between severity of seizures and neonatal severity of injury. At Reiter & Walsh, P.C., we have won many successful cases where severe birth injuries caused brain injuries that resulted in severe seizures and seizure disorders. As the study reiterated, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy…
A baby’s brain is a vulnerable organ. Brain damage is a common injury, and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), or a lack of oxygen to the brain, can often be the cause. However, there are a few other birth injuries that are lesser known. These include umbilical cord complications, trauma from instruments such as forceps and…
Group B Strep (GBS) can cause infant brain damage, sepsis, meningitis, cerebral palsy and other birth injuries.
A mechanic from Argentina develops a potentially safer alternative to vacuum extractors that has won awards and recognition from the WHO.
A physician fails to properly assess a mother’s fetus prior to labor and is unprepared when the very large baby (macrosomic baby) cannot pass through the birth canal. Dangerous attempts as vaginal delivery leave the baby’s arm nerves torn and baby is later diagnosed with Erb’s palsy.
Pediatrics just published a study that points to events that occur during delivery as being necessary to the development of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), rather than events that occur before labor.
A Canadian physician is banned from delivering babies after she fails to recognize fetal distress, fails to perform an emergency C-section and improperly uses vacuum extractors, resulting in a crushed skull and brain bleeds in a newborn.
