Table 1.

Clinical summary

Patient	Sex	Age (years)	Side	Preoperative symptom	Tinel’s sign	Location	Size (cm)	Immediate postoperative status	Last followup status	Followup (months)
1	Female	45	Left	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	C6-7 roots	2.5 × 2.0 × 1.5	No change	Improved tingling sensation	90
2	Male	48	Right	Palpable mass	−	Upper trunk	3.2 × 2.3 × 2.8	No change	No pain or weakness	85
3	Male	54	Right	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Radial nerve	1.5 × 1.4 × 1.3	No change	Improved tingling sensation	78
4	Female	51	Left	Palpable mass	−	Middle trunk	2.3 × 2.0 × 2.5	No pain or weakness	No pain or weakness	67
5	Female	45	Left	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Lower trunk	2.1 × 2.2 × 1.9	No change	Improved tingling sensation	60
6	Male	44	Right	Palpable mass	−	Medial cord	3.7 × 2.5 × 2.5	30% decreased sensory at fifth finger	Recovered complete	53
7	Male	56	Left	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Median nerve	4.2 × 3.4 × 3.0	Worsened weakness (Grade 3) at the second FDP and FPL	Improved weakness at the second FDP and FPL (Grade 4)	50
8	Female	47	Left	Palpable mass	−	Medial cord	3.5 × 2.5 × 0.5		No pain or weakness	42
9	Female	63	Left	Palpable mass, pain, weakness	+	C5-6 roots	3.4 × 2.4 × 2.4	No change, Grade 3 deltoid power	Improved weakness at deltoid muscle (Grade 4) and pain	39
10	Male	53	Right	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Middle trunk	1.5 × 1.2 × 0.8	20% decreased sensory at first web space	Recovered completely	30
11	Male	59	Left	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	C8-T1 roots	3.0 × 3.0 × 2.5	No change	Improved pain and tingling sensation	27
12	Female	57	Left	Palpable mass	−	Median nerve	3.0 × 2.5 × 2.0	20% decreased sensory at second finger and 10% third finger	Recovered completely	24
13	Female	57	Left	Palpable mass, Pain, tingling sensation	+	Radial nerve	3.5 × 3 × 2.5	Worsened weakness (Grade 4) at the EPL	Improved weakness (Grade 5) at the EPL	24
14	Female	51	Right	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Middle trunk	2.5 × 2.3 × 1.0	No change	Improved tingling sensation	22
15	Female	36	Right	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Middle trunk	11 × 10 × 6	10% decreased sensory at first web space	Recovered completely	20
16	Female	62	Right	Palpable mass	−	Median nerve	1.5 × 1.5 × 1.0	No change	No pain or weakness	18
17	Male	42	Left	Palpable mass	−	Lower trunk	2.0 × 2.0 × 1.0	No change	No pain or weakness	15
18	Female	32	Right	Palpable mass	−	Upper trunk	2.0 × 1.0 × 1.5	No change	No pain or weakness	14
19	Male	52	Left	Palpable mass, tingling sensation	+	Middle trunk	3.3 × 2.2 × 1.6 2.0 × 1.5 × 0.7	No change	Improved tingling sensation	12

FDP = flexor digitorum profundus; FPL = flexor pollicis longus; EPL = extensor pollicis longus.