Brachial plexus palsy is caused by a stretch injury of the nerves supplying the muscles of the upper extremity (brachial plexus) during delivery. Recognized risk factors include large birth weight, breech position, prolonged labor, difficult delivery, shoulder dystocia, and neonatal distress.
The causes of this stretch are due to the forces of labor, especially in cases of shoulder dystocia, and extraction maneuvers. Greater trauma occurs with forceful arm extraction maneuvers during a breech delivery. Exactly how much stretch is needed to produce permanent injury in any infant is not known.
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