[Deep Dive] Failure To Perform Timely C-Section In Shoulder Dystocia Emergencies: Legal Analysis

[Deep Dive] Failure To Perform Timely C-Section In Shoulder Dystocia Emergencies: Legal Analysis

[Deep Dive] Failure To Perform Timely C-Section In Shoulder Dystocia Emergencies: Legal Analysis

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Shoulder Dystocia When a Birth Injury Becomes Medical Malpractice by Funk Law Group

Title: Shoulder Dystocia When a Birth Injury Becomes Medical Malpractice
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The Clock is Ticking: Legal Analysis of the Failure to Perform a Timely C-Section in Shoulder Dystocia Emergencies

Anatomy of a Crisis: Understanding Shoulder Dystocia in the Delivery Room

The delivery room is a space of profound anticipation, where the atmosphere can shift from quiet hope to absolute chaos in the span of a single heartbeat. As a seasoned practitioner who has spent decades analyzing the intersection of medicine and law, I have sat through countless depositions where doctors tried to normalize what can only be described as a systemic panic. Shoulder dystocia is not just a medical term; it is a terrifying obstetric emergency where, after the delivery of the fetal head, the baby’s anterior shoulder becomes wedged behind the mother’s pubic bone. When this happens, the normal pathway of birth is instantly blocked, and the clock begins a relentless, unforgiving countdown.

To understand the legal gravity of this situation, one must first grasp the sheer physical vulnerability of the infant during these critical moments. The baby’s head is out, exposed to the room’s cool air, while the chest remains compressed within the birth canal, preventing the lungs from expanding. Meanwhile, the umbilical cord is frequently compressed between the baby’s body and the maternal pelvis, choking off the vital supply of oxygenated blood from the placenta. It is a state of suspended animation that cannot endure for more than a few fleeting minutes without causing catastrophic, irreversible harm to the child’s brain and nervous system.

When I review these cases, I often look at the telemetry strips and the labor logs to reconstruct the psychological climate of the room. You can almost feel the temperature rise and the collective heart rate of the medical team spike. Nurses begin scurrying, the obstetrician’s voice rises an octave, and the mother, already exhausted from hours of active labor, senses that something is terribly wrong. In these moments, clinical judgment must be swift, precise, and entirely devoid of ego. Yet, all too often, we see a stubborn adherence to vaginal delivery methods when the writing on the wall clearly dictates an immediate transition to surgical intervention.

The failure to recognize that a vaginal delivery has become an impossibility is where medical negligence typically takes root. Doctors are trained to believe they can solve any mechanical delivery problem with their hands, using a series of physical maneuvers designed to rotate the baby’s shoulders. But there is a fine, bleeding line between heroic clinical persistence and outright obstetric obstinacy. When a medical team crosses that line, continuing to pull and twist a trapped infant instead of preparing for an emergency Cesarean section, they cease practicing medicine and begin playing a high-stakes game of chance with a newborn's life.


The Biomechanics of Impaction

To truly appreciate why a delayed C-section is so devastating, we must look at the mechanical reality of what is happening inside the maternal pelvis. The human pelvis is a rigid ring of bone, and the fetal shoulder girdle is a wide, semi-flexible structure. Under normal circumstances, the baby rotates during descent so that the shoulders enter the pelvis at an angle, slipping through the widest available diameter. In a shoulder dystocia emergency, this rotation fails, and the anterior shoulder slips directly behind the pubic symphysis, acting like an anchor that hooks the baby in place.

I remember reviewing a case where the defense expert argued that the impaction was "mild" and did not warrant a surgical response. It was an absurd assertion. There is no such thing as a "mild" impaction when a child’s neck is being subjected to lateral traction—legal speak for pulling the baby's head to the side to free the shoulder. The brachial plexus, a delicate network of nerves originating in the spinal cord of the neck and running down into the arm, is not designed to withstand tension. When an obstetrician applies excessive downward traction on the fetal head, they are stretching these highly sensitive nerves to their breaking point, often tearing them completely away from the spinal cord.

Furthermore, the mechanical forces applied by the mother’s uterine contractions, combined with any fundal pressure mistakenly applied by eager delivery nurses, only worsen the impaction. Fundal pressure—pushing down on the top of the mother's uterus—is a cardinal sin in shoulder dystocia management, yet it happens with alarming frequency in panicked delivery rooms. Instead of freeing the shoulder, it rams the baby further against the pubic bone, compressing the subclavian vessels and further compromising blood flow to the brain. Understanding these physical dynamics is essential for any attorney trying to demonstrate to a jury how a doctor's physical actions directly caused a lifetime of physical limitation.


The Fatal Countdown: Hypoxia and Acidosis

While the physical trauma to the nerves is a constant threat during a shoulder dystocia event, there is an even more insidious enemy lurking in the room: systemic hypoxia. Every second the baby remains trapped, the oxygen levels in their blood drop precipitously, while carbon dioxide and lactic acid accumulate at an alarming rate. This rapid shift in blood chemistry leads to metabolic acidosis, a toxic state where the blood becomes highly acidic, damaging vital organs, most notably the brain. Clinical literature shows that a baby can generally tolerate this state of oxygen deprivation for only about five minutes before permanent neurological injury begins to occur.

In the legal arena, we refer to this window as the "golden minutes." If the medical team fails to deliver the baby or initiate an emergency C-section within this tight timeframe, the child is at extreme risk for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), a severe form of brain damage caused by lack of oxygen and blood flow. When I depose obstetricians, I ask them to account for every single minute on the delivery log. Why did they spend six minutes attempting the McRoberts maneuver? Why did they wait another four minutes before calling for an anesthesia consultation? These gaps in time are not just administrative details; they are the exact moments when a child’s future was stolen.

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| INSIDER NOTE: THE CRITICAL 5-MINUTE WINDOW                                  |
| In birth injury litigation, defense counsel will often argue that brain     |
| damage occurs instantly upon impaction, attempting to absolve the physician |
| of liability for subsequent delays. Plaintiff attorneys must use serial     |
| umbilical cord blood gas measurements taken immediately after birth to      |
| establish that the acidosis developed progressively during the prolonged    |
| delivery, proving that a timely C-section would have prevented the HIE.     |
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To make matters worse, the onset of acidosis further weakens the baby’s ability to survive the physical trauma of the delivery. An acidotic infant has poor muscle tone, making them even less responsive to the physical maneuvers designed to assist their exit. This creates a vicious cycle: the longer the delivery takes, the more acidotic the baby becomes; the more acidotic the baby becomes, the harder they are to deliver safely. It is a downward spiral that can only be broken by a swift, decisive decision to abandon vaginal delivery efforts and move to the operating room before the damage becomes irreversible.


The Standard of Care: When Does a C-Section Become Mandatory?

The "standard of care" is the holy grail of medical malpractice law. It is defined as the level of care and skill that a reasonably competent healthcare professional, practicing in the same specialty, would provide under similar circumstances. In the context of shoulder dystocia, determining when the standard of care requires a C-section is a nuanced, highly contested issue. It is not enough to say that because a bad outcome occurred, the doctor was negligent. We must prove that a reasonable doctor, looking at the clinical picture unfolding in real-time, would have—and should have—chosen a surgical path much earlier.

To understand this standard, we have to look at both the prenatal period and the active labor phase. There are times when a C-section should be scheduled before labor even begins. When a mother presents with significant risk factors, proceeding with a trial of vaginal labor is akin to walking through a minefield with a blindfold on. Yet, hospitals and insurance companies often push for vaginal deliveries to keep their C-section rates low, prioritizing administrative metrics over patient safety. When this systemic pressure influences clinical decision-making, the results are almost always tragic.

  • Maternal Gestational Diabetes: Uncontrolled blood sugar levels during pregnancy often lead to fetal macrosomia, where the baby grows abnormally large, particularly around the shoulders and chest.
  • Prior History of Shoulder Dystocia: If a mother has previously experienced a delivery where the baby became trapped, the risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies increases exponentially.
  • Maternal Obesity and Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: High maternal weight can alter pelvic geometry and increase soft tissue resistance, making mechanical impaction far more likely.
  • Post-Term Pregnancy: Carrying a baby past 40 weeks increases the likelihood of a high birth weight (macrosomia), compounding the risk of pelvic mismatch.
  • Prolonged Second Stage of Labor: A slow, sluggish descent of the baby during the pushing phase is a classic warning sign that the baby’s body is struggling to navigate the pelvic inlet.

Predictive Risk Factors vs. Active Labor Realities

There is a long-standing debate in the obstetric community regarding whether shoulder dystocia can be predicted. The defense will almost always claim that shoulder dystocia is an "unpreventable, unpredictable emergency." They will pull out medical literature stating that ultrasound weight estimates are notoriously inaccurate, sometimes off by more than a pound in either direction. While it is true that ultrasound is not a perfect science, a competent clinician does not rely on a single data point. They look at the entire clinical mosaic: the mother’s weight gain, her glucose tolerance tests, her fundal height measurements, and her previous delivery history.

When a patient presents with multiple, compounding risk factors, the standard of care demands that the physician discuss the risks of vaginal delivery versus a planned C-section with the mother. This is the essence of informed consent. If a doctor fails to offer a C-section to a diabetic mother carrying a suspected macrosomic baby, and that baby subsequently suffers a permanent brachial plexus injury during a vaginal birth, the doctor has breached the standard of care. They denied the mother her fundamental right to choose a safer surgical delivery for her child, relying instead on a high-risk gamble that they could manage any complications on the fly.

Furthermore, once labor begins, the clinical picture changes from predictive to active. A slow, protracted labor—specifically during the active pushing phase—should put any competent obstetrician on high alert. If the baby’s head is descending at a snail's pace despite strong, regular contractions, it is highly likely that the baby's body is meeting skeletal resistance. To ignore this warning sign and augment labor with high doses of Pitocin (a synthetic hormone used to induce or strengthen contractions) is a massive deviation from the standard of care. It forces a oversized baby into a tight space, setting the stage for a catastrophic impaction that could have been avoided entirely with a timely transition to a C-section.


The Point of No Return: Recognizing the Failure to Progress

In every labor, there is a point of no return—a moment where it becomes clear that a vaginal delivery is not going to happen safely. Recognizing this moment requires clinical humility and acute situational awareness. Unfortunately, we often see a phenomenon known as "tunnel vision" or "cognitive lock-in" in the delivery room. The obstetrician becomes so focused on completing the vaginal delivery, so convinced that just one more pull or one more maneuver will free the baby, that they lose sight of the passage of time and the mounting physical trauma to the infant.

From a legal perspective, the failure to progress in labor is a critical milestone. If the mother has been pushing for hours without significant fetal descent, the standard of care dictates that the physician must pause and re-evaluate the delivery plan. Continuing to push in the face of absolute mechanical obstruction is not just poor medicine; it is reckless. At this juncture, the physician must initiate an emergency C-section. Waiting until the baby's head is already delivered and the shoulders are firmly wedged is a failure of preventive medicine. By that point, performing a C-section becomes infinitely more complex, dangerous, and physically traumatic for both the mother and the child.

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| PRO-TIP: ANALYZING THE ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITOR (EFM) STRIPS                |
| When building your case, do not just look at the delivery logs. Cross-      |
| reference the exact times of the maneuvers with the EFM strips. Look for    |
| prolonged, deep decelerations in the fetal heart rate (bradycardia) that    |
| coincide with the application of traction. This correlation is powerful     |
| proof that the physical manipulation was directly causing fetal distress.   |
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When a doctor fails to recognize this point of no return, they often find themselves in a worst-case scenario: the baby's head is out, the shoulders are stuck, and the operating room is not prepared. The anesthesiologist is down the hall, the surgical scrub tech is on break, and the operating table is sterile but empty. This lack of preparation is a systemic failure that reflects a complete disregard for patient safety. An emergency C-section cannot be performed in a vacuum; it requires a coordinated, rapid-response team that must be mobilized the moment labor shows signs of dangerous delay.


The Legal Crucible: Proving Medical Negligence in Dystocia Cases

Litigating a birth injury case involving a delayed C-section is one of the most challenging endeavors a trial lawyer can undertake. You are not just fighting a doctor; you are fighting a multi-billion-dollar medical malpractice insurance industry that is deeply invested in defending these cases at all costs. To succeed, you must guide a jury through a complex maze of medical terminology, anatomical diagrams, and conflicting expert testimony. You must strip away the clinical jargon and expose the simple, devastating truth: the medical team had a choice, they chose poorly, and a child paid the price.

The legal crucible of these cases lies in proving four distinct elements: duty, breach, causation, and damages. While duty is rarely contested—the doctor-patient relationship is established the moment the mother admits herself to the labor and delivery unit—the breach of duty and causation are fought tooth and nail. The defense will hire highly polished, board-certified obstetricians from prestigious academic institutions to testify that the defendant doctor did everything by the book. Your job is to dismantle that narrative, piece by piece, using the hospital’s own records, national clinical guidelines, and the immutable laws of physics.


Establishing the Breach of Duty

To establish a breach of duty, you must show that the defendant’s actions fell below the accepted standard of care. In shoulder dystocia cases, this breach usually takes one of two forms: the failure to perform a timely C-section when risk factors clearly demanded it, or the negligent performance of physical maneuvers once the dystocia occurred. To prove this, we rely heavily on guidelines published by organizations like the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). While ACOG guidelines are technically "recommendations" rather than strict laws, they are widely recognized as the gold standard for clinical practice.

When analyzing the medical records for a breach of duty, I pay close attention to the sequence and duration of the maneuvers used to free the baby. There is a specific, widely accepted hierarchy of maneuvers that doctors are trained to perform when shoulder dystocia is diagnosed. These maneuvers must be performed gently, systematically, and without excessive force. If the records show that the doctor spent an excessive amount of time on a single maneuver, or if they applied fundal pressure, they have breached the standard of care.

  1. McRoberts Maneuver: Flexing the mother's thighs sharply against her abdomen to widen the pelvic outlet and flatten the sacrum.
  2. Suprapubic Pressure: Applying manual pressure just above the mother's pubic bone to push the baby's shoulder downward and inward, coaxing it under the bone.
  3. Rubin II Maneuver: Inserting fingers into the vagina to apply pressure to the posterior aspect of the anterior shoulder to rotate it into an oblique angle.
  4. Wood's Screw Maneuver: Rotating the baby's body by pushing the posterior shoulder, mimicking the motion of a corkscrew to release the impacted anterior shoulder.
  5. Delivery of the Posterior Arm: Reaching into the birth canal, locating the baby's posterior arm, and gently sweeping it across the chest to deliver it, which instantly reduces the shoulder width.

If the obstetrician jumps from McRoberts directly to applying massive traction without attempting to deliver the posterior arm, or if they repeatedly pull on the head in a desperate bid to force the delivery, they have deviated from the standard of care. We prove this by examining the physical injuries to the child. A fractured clavicle or humerus can sometimes be a known, non-negligent complication of a difficult delivery. However, a complete avulsion of the brachial plexus nerves—where the nerves are literally torn out of the spinal cord—is almost always the result of excessive, negligent traction applied by human hands.


The Causation Conundrum: Did the Delay Cause the Injury?

Even if you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the doctor breached the standard of care, your case will fail if you cannot prove causation. This is the "so what?" phase of the trial. The defense will argue that even if the doctor had performed a C-section earlier, the baby would have suffered the exact same injury. They will claim that the brachial plexus injury occurred in utero, long before labor even started, due to the natural, endogenous forces of the mother’s normal uterine contractions. This is a highly sophisticated, deeply insidious defense that has defeated many unprepared plaintiffs' attorneys.

To defeat the "maternal forces" defense, you must build a bulletproof bridge of causation. You must show that the physical trauma was the direct result of external, exogenous force applied by the doctor during the delayed delivery. This is where your medical experts become invaluable. You need a pediatric neurologist to explain that the specific pattern of nerve damage in the baby’s arm is mechanically impossible to achieve through uterine contractions alone. Contractions push down on the baby's buttocks; they do not pull the baby’s head laterally away from the shoulder.

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| INSIDER NOTE: THE MYTH OF THE "ZAVANELLI MANEUVER"                          |
| The Zavanelli maneuver involves pushing the baby's head back into the       |
| vagina and performing an emergency C-section. The defense may claim they    |
| couldn't do this because it is a "last resort" with high mortality rates.   |
| Your argument should be that they should never have let the delivery        |
| progress to the point where this dangerous maneuver was the only option left. |
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Furthermore, you must establish that the delay in performing the C-section was the proximate cause of the baby’s brain damage (HIE). This requires a detailed analysis of the fetal monitor strips, the APGAR scores at birth, and the arterial blood gas results from the umbilical cord. If the baby had a normal heart rate pattern during early labor, but developed severe, prolonged decelerations during the prolonged attempt at vaginal delivery, you have a clear timeline of distress. You can show that every minute the doctor spent pulling and twisting the baby, instead of wheeling the mother to the operating room, directly contributed to the profound oxygen deprivation that starved the baby's brain.


The Human Cost: Brachial Plexus Injuries and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)

Behind every legal brief, deposition transcript, and medical record lies a human tragedy of immense proportions. The physical consequences of a failed or delayed C-section in a shoulder dystocia emergency are catastrophic and lifelong. These children do not get to run, play, or hold a pencil like their peers. Their parents are thrust into a lifetime of round-the-clock care, medical appointments, and financial strain that can shatter even the strongest families. As an attorney, you must never lose sight of this human element; it is the heartbeat of your case.

The two most common injuries resulting from these emergencies are brachial plexus injuries and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). Both are entirely preventable if the medical team acts with the speed and skill required by the standard of care. When you meet these families, you see the quiet, daily struggles that never make it into the official court record. You see the mother who blames herself for a delivery she had no control over, and the father who works three jobs just to pay for physical therapy sessions that are not covered by insurance.


Erb’s Palsy and Permanent Nerve Avulsion

A brachial plexus injury, often referred to as Erb's Palsy, occurs when the nerves that control the arm, hand, and fingers are stretched, ruptured, or avulsed. The severity of the injury depends on the extent of the damage to these delicate nerve fibers. In mild cases, the nerves are merely stretched (neuropraxia) and may heal over several months with intensive physical therapy. However, in severe cases, the nerves are torn completely away from the spinal cord (avulsion). This is a permanent, irreversible injury that leaves the child's arm withered, paralyzed, and completely devoid of sensation.

I remember representing a young girl named Lily, whose delivery was a textbook example of obstetric panic. The doctor had applied so much force to her head during a prolonged shoulder dystocia event that three of her five brachial plexus nerves were completely avulsed. By the time she was five years old, her left arm was significantly shorter than her right, hanging limply at her side in what is classically described as the "waiter's tip" position. She could not hold a cup, tie her shoes, or hug her parents with both arms.

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| PRO-TIP: CROSS-EXAMINING THE DEFENSE'S "MATERNAL FORCES" EXPERT             |
| Force the defense expert to calculate the exact amount of uterine pressure  |
| required to cause a nerve avulsion. They cannot, because no scientific      |
| study has ever shown that normal uterine contractions can generate the      |
| lateral, shearing forces necessary to tear nerves out of the spinal cord.   |
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The medical management of permanent Erb's Palsy is grueling. It involves painful nerve graft surgeries, muscle transfers, and years of daily physical therapy. Even with the best medical care, these children will never have a normal, fully functioning arm. They grow up facing a world that is not built for them, dealing with the psychological trauma of being different and the physical limitations of a permanent disability. When calculating damages in these cases, we must look far beyond the immediate medical bills; we must account for a lifetime of lost opportunities, diminished earning capacity, and chronic physical pain.


Brain Damage and the Long-Term Care Lifespan

While Erb's Palsy is a devastating physical limitation, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a profound intellectual and physical catastrophe. When a baby’s brain is starved of oxygen during a prolonged delivery, brain cells begin to die within minutes. This leads to cerebral palsy, cognitive delays, seizure disorders, and severe sensory impairments. These children may never speak, walk, or feed themselves. They are locked inside bodies that do not work, completely dependent on others for every basic human need.

The care of a child with severe HIE is a monumental undertaking that requires an army of specialists: pediatric neurologists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and 24-hour pediatric nursing care. The financial cost of this care is astronomical, often running into tens of millions of dollars over the child's lifespan. But the emotional toll is even higher. Parents must watch their child struggle to breathe, suffer through violent seizures, and miss every developmental milestone that other parents take for granted.

To represent these families effectively, you must understand the clinical progression of HIE. You must be able to explain to a jury how the lack of oxygen caused a cascade of cellular death in the baby’s basal ganglia and cerebral cortex. You must use neuroimaging, such as MRIs taken in the days following birth, to show the precise areas of brain damage that correspond to the period of intrapartum hypoxia. This visual evidence is incredibly powerful, transforming abstract medical concepts into concrete, undeniable proof of a devastating injury that could have been prevented by a timely C-section.


Defense Tactics: How Hospitals and OB/GYNs Fight Back

When you file a birth injury lawsuit, you are entering a war of attrition. Hospitals and obstetricians do not settle these cases easily. They know that a jury verdict against them can damage their reputation, skyrocket their insurance premiums, and result in a massive financial payout. Therefore, they will deploy a highly sophisticated, aggressive defense strategy designed to confuse the jury, shift the blame, and minimize the child's injuries. You must anticipate these tactics and shut them down before they can take root in the minds of the jurors.

The defense will often try to paint the defendant doctor as a hero who made split-second decisions under extreme pressure to save the baby’s life. They will use terms like "sudden, unpreventable emergency" and "unpredictable clinical event" to create a sense of inevitability. They want the jury to believe that the outcome was preordained by nature, and that the doctor's actions, even if they resulted in injury, were the only reason the baby survived at all. It is a powerful narrative that appeals to the natural human tendency to trust and respect medical professionals.


The "Unforeseeable Emergency" Defense

The cornerstone of the defense strategy in almost every shoulder dystocia case is the claim that the emergency was completely unforeseeable. They will argue that the mother had no significant risk factors, that her gestational diabetes was well-controlled, and that the baby’s weight was estimated to be within normal limits. They will present studies showing that the vast majority of shoulder dystocia cases occur in babies of normal birth weight, claiming that there was no clinical reason to perform a C-section prior to the onset of the emergency.

To dismantle this defense, you must expose the flaws in their "unforeseeable" narrative. While it is true that shoulder dystocia can occur in normal-weight babies, the risk is not uniform across all patients. When you dig into the medical records, you will almost always find a trail of breadcrumbs that the doctor chose to ignore. Perhaps the mother’s fundal height was measuring several weeks ahead, or her weight gain was double the recommended limit. Perhaps the labor progress chart showed a clear pattern of deceleration that should have prompted a surgical delivery.

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| INSIDER NOTE: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST'S DEPOSITION      |
| During depositions, the defense will try to get your pediatric neurologist  |
| to admit that HIE can be caused by genetic factors or prenatal infections.  |
| You must prepare your expert to firmly tie the brain damage to the acute,   |
| intrapartum hypoxia documented on the fetal monitor strips during delivery. |
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Furthermore, even if the initial impaction was truly sudden and unexpected, the defense cannot use that to justify a delayed C-section once the emergency began. The standard of care does not change because an emergency is sudden; in fact, the standard of care is specifically designed to guide doctors through these exact high-pressure situations. If the doctor panicked, failed to follow the accepted hierarchy of maneuvers, and delayed calling for surgical backup, they are liable for the resulting injuries, regardless of how "unexpected" the initial impaction may have been.


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