| Study | Patients | Sex | Phrenic nerve injury side (R/L/B) | Laterality paralysis(R/L/B) | Birth injury | Radiology | Day of plication following diagnosis | Days/months following surgery to wean off MV |
| Bowman et al. [26] | 1 | Male | B | B | Breech presentation | X-ray | 140 | 14 days | Jawad et al. [10] | 3 | 1 male 2 females | 3R R,R | 1B, 2R | 1 breech 2 p rolonged labour | X-ray US | 28, 42, NP | NR | Commare et al. [27] | 3 | 1 male 2 females | 3 B | 3 B | 3 breech presentation | X-ray US | NP 2, 60 | 4mos | De vries et al. [1] | 18 | 12 males 6 females | 4L, 14R | 4L, 14R | 11 breech presentation 4 v acuum delivery 2 e xcessive b irth weight 1 f orceps | X-ray US | 10, 32, 33 22, 45, 46, 62, 86, 105, 154, 189, 210, 292, NR, NR, NR, NR, NR | “All patients who underwent plication were discontinued within a few days after operation” | Shmizu et al. [15] | 1 | Male | B | B | Breech presentation | X-ray US | 45 | 8 days | Karabiber et al. [28] | 1 | Male | L | L | Shoulder dystocia Breech presentation | X-ray US | 56 | 5 days | Stramrood et al. [8] | 14 | 7 males 7 females | 10R, 3L 1B | 10R, 3L 1B | 4 breech presentation 3 cephalic 4 breech presentation 2 cephalic 1 transverse | X-ray US | 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20 (2), 23, 50, 51, NP 3 | NR (4), 2 days (2), 3 days (2), 4 days, 6 days (2), 8 days, 17 days, 58 days | Ahamdpour-kacho et al. [16] | 1 | Male | R | R | Breech presentation | X-ray US | <30 | 3 days | Heritier et al. [29] | 1 | Female | L | L | Forceps | X-ray US | | 3 days | Shiohama et al. [30] | 2 | 1 male 1 female | R B | R B | Breech presentation Uneventful | X-ray US | >30 15 months | NR (2) | Bowerson et al. [11] | 4 | 3 males 1 female | 2B, 2R | 1B, 3R, 1B, 3R | 2 shoulder dystocia Forceps Breech | X-ray US | 30, 35, 60, NR | 3 days, 5 days, 13 days, NR | Murty et al. [9] | 1 | Female | R | R | Breech presentation | X-ray US | NP | 7 days | Garge et al. [23] | 1 | Male | R | R | Breech presentation | X-ray US | 17 | 3 days | Pegu et al. [31] | 1 | Female | L | R | Vacuum delivery Large for gestational age | X-ray US | 60 | 2 months |
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