Review Article

The Evidence for Nerve Repair in Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy Revisited

Table 1

Levels of evidence.

LevelCriteria

1Systematic review of randomized trials or n-of-1 trials
2Randomized trial or observational study with dramatic effect
3Nonrandomized controlled cohort/follow-up study
4Case-series, case-control studies, or historically controlled studies
5Mechanism-based reasoning