Table 4.

Single and Double Nerve Transfer for Muscle Recovery (≥M4) in Terms of Surgical Delay, Diagnosis, and Follow-up

Single Nerve Transfer (n = 22)
Factor		Shoulder Abduction	Shoulder External Rotation
Surgical delay
n = 11	<6 mo	64% (7/11)	45% (5/11)
n = 11	≥6 mo	73% (8/11)	27% (3/11)
	P value∗	.5	.3
Diagnosis
n = 4	C56	100% (4/4)	50% (2/4)
n = 18	C567	61% (11/18)	33% (6/18)
	P value	.2	.5
Follow-up
n = 5	12–23 mo	60% (3/5)	20% (1/5)
n = 17	≥24 mo	71% (12/17)	41% (7/17)
	P value	.5	.4

Double Nerve Transfer (n = 29)
Surgical Delay
n = 7	<6 mo	71% (5/7)	86% (6/7)
n = 22	≥6 mo	68% (15/22)	41% (9/22)
	P value	.6	.049
Diagnosis
n = 19	C56	63% (12/19)	42% (8/19)
n = 10	C567	80% (8/10)	70% (7/10)
	P value	.3	.2
Follow-up
n = 12	12–23 mo	58% (7/11)	42% (5/12)
n = 17	≥24 mo	76% (13/17)	59% (10/17)
	P value	.3	.3

^∗One-tailed Fisher exact test (significance at P < .05).