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Table 3 Details of the 15 cases in the reported series

From: Functional outcome of nerve transfer for restoration of shoulder and elbow function in upper brachial plexus injury

No.

Age/Sex

Injury

Procedure

Time since injury (month)

Elbow Flexion grade (Waikakul [11] mod.)

Shoulder Function grade (Narakas [2] mod.)

Follow Up (Months)

1

50/M

C5,6

XI-SSN* + UNF-BrBi**

6

Good

Good

36

2

48/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

3

Excellent

Excellent

34

3

27/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

4

Good

Fair

30

4

42/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

4

Good

Good

26

5

52/M

C5,6,7

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

2

Good

Good

25

6

20/M

C5,6,7

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

3

Good

Good

23

7

47/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

3

Good

Fair

22

8

45/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

2

Excellent

Excellent

20

9

38/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

4

Fair

Fair

20

10

15/F

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

5

Good

Fair

18

11

43/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

2

Good

Good

17

12

35/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

4

Good

Fair

15

13

22/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

4

Good

Fair

14

14

24/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

3

Excellent

Excellent

13

15

26/M

C5,6

XI-SSN + UNF-BrBi

3

Fair

Fair

12

  1. *XI-SSN: Spinal accessory to Suprascapular nerve transfer
  2. **UNF-BrBi: Partial nerve transfer of fascicles of ulnar nerve to motor branch of musculocutaneous to biceps muscle.