Extending the Indications for Primary Nerve Surgery in Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy

Table 2

Results: patients who underwent surgery.

	Age at surgery (months)	Surgery details	Preoperative AMS for external rotation	Postoperative AMS for external rotation	Length of Follow-up (months)
1	9.6	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	3	57.9
2	10.6	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	7	34.2
3	10.1	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	7	26.7
4	11.0	Sural nerve graft from C5 and C6 to suprascapular nerve and upper trunk	0	2	42.8
5	9.8	Accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer and botulinum toxin injections to shoulder internal rotators	0	2	34.8
6	11.5	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	3	9.4
7	10.4	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	2	25.9
8	13.2	Accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer and botulinum toxin injections to shoulder internal rotators	0	2	22.3
9	10.4	Sural nerve graft from C5 and C6 to upper trunk and accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	2	21.6
10	9.6	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	3	12.4
11	9.3	Sural nerve graft from C5, C6, and C7 to upper and middle trunks and accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	2	1	14.4
12	9.1	Isolated accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer	0	7	12.2
13	12.0	Accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer and botulinum toxin injections to shoulder internal rotators	0	0	6
14*	8.6	Accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer and botulinum toxin injections to shoulder internal rotators	0	2	3.1

AMS: active movement scale.
*Excluded from analysis due to short follow-up.