The Use of the Phrenic Nerve Communicating Branch to the Fifth Cervical Root for Nerve Transfer to the Suprascapular Nerve in Infants with Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy

Table 1

Demographic data of 30 infants who underwent neurotization of the suprascapular nerve using either the phrenic nerve communicating branch (𝑛=15) or the spinal accessory nerve (𝑛=15).

	Phrenic nerve communicating; branch (𝑛=15)	Spinal accessory; nerve (𝑛=15)
Male/female	7/8	8/7
Right/left sided palsy	10/5	9/6
Mean age at the time of neurotization	4.1 months	4.3 months
Erb’s/total palsy	9/6	9/6
Average number of avulsed roots	1.5	1.5