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Most of the patients were females. Right side palsy was more prevalent than left side palsy. Vaginal delivery without forceps was the most mode of delivery. Vertex was the most common presentation. Most of the patients were term. The mean weight of the birth was 3.8 kg. Erb palsy and pan-plexus palsy consisted of 71.4 and 28.6% of lesions. In patients with Erb palsy, there were preganglionic palsy in 3 (15.8%) and postganglionic palsy in 16 (84.2%) cases, while all the patients with panplexus palsy had postganglionic palsy. All patients with complete recovery (9 of 15) had Erb palsy and postganglionic lesion. Erb palsy was present in 71.4% and panplexus palsy was present in 28.6% of cases. Also, 23.8% of cases had preganglionic and 76.2% of cases had postganglionic injures.]]>Al-Qattan, M.M. and T.M. Al-Kharfy,199637545548Al-Qattan, M.M., H.M. Clarke and C.G. Curtis,1995201923Al-Qattan, M.M., A.A. El-Sayed, T.M. Al-Kharfy and N.A. Al-Jurayyan et al.,199621263265Al-Rajeh, S., J.R. 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