Table 5.

Nerve Characteristics for Studies Included in Sensory MR Analyses

	Total (n)	DR n (%)	CAR n (%)
Repaired nerve type
Sensory nerves	1094	989 (78)*	105 (59)
Mixed/motor nerves	348	275 (22)	73 (41)
Location of nerve repair
Repairs in the digit	1012	945 (75)*	67 (38)
Repairs in the hand	90	49 (3)	41 (23)*
Repairs in the forearm	300	248 (20)	52 (29)†
Repairs in the arm	23	22 (2)	1 (0.5)
Unspecified repair locations in the forearm or arm	17	0 (0)	17 (9.5)
Nerve
Digital	1012	945 (75)*	67 (38)
Common palmar digital	6	6 (0.5)	0 (0)
Median	187	157 (12)	30 (17)
Ulnar	126	93 (7)	33 (18)*
Radial	32	25 (2)	7 (4)
Unspecified (digital or common digital)	79	38 (3)	41 (23)
Total no. studies	25‡	20	6
Total no. repairs	1442	1264	178

^*P < 0.0001.

^†P < 0.01.

^‡One study included both DR and CAR.