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 3

True glenohumeral external rotation following neurotization of the suprascapular nerve.

Case; number	True glenohumeral external rotation following neurotization of the suprascapular nerve using either
	Phrenic communicating branch (𝑛=15)	Accessory nerve (𝑛=15)
1	90°	85°
2	70°	75°
3	60°	50°
4	40°	40°
5	40°	35°
6	40°	35°
7	20°	20°
8	15°	10°
9	10°	10°
10	10°	10°
11	10°	0
12	0	0
13	0	0
14	0	0
15	0	0

“0” means that there is no active external rotation.