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 4

Functional external rotation of the shoulder following neurotization of the suprascapular nerve.

Functional external rotation of the shoulder	Group I: phrenic nerve group (𝑛=15)	Group II: accessory nerve group (𝑛=15)
	Number of children (%) in each grade	Number of children (%) in each grade
Grade 1: the hand reaches the abdomen/thorax	3 (20.0%)*	4 (26.7%)*
Grade 2: the hand reaches the mouth	2 (13.3%)**	2 (13.3%)**
Grade 3: the hand reaches the ear	4 (26.7%)***	3 (20.0%)***
Grade 4: the hand reaches the occiput	6 (40.0%)****	6 (40.0%)****
Grade 5: normal power and range of motion	0	0

By Fisher Exact test: ^∗𝑃=0.5, ^∗∗𝑃=0.7, ^∗∗∗𝑃=0.5.
By chi-square test: ^∗∗∗𝑃=0.99.