Table 1.
The summary of demographic data of patients with persistent brachial plexus injury after shoulder dislocation requiring operative intervention.
| Mean patient age (range) | 50 yr and 1 mo (19 yr and 3 mo–73 yr and 6 mo) |
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| Mean time from dislocation to operation (range) | 9.2 mo (1–84 mo) |
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| Gender | |
| Male | 58 |
| Female | 15 |
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| Side | |
| Right | 40 |
| Left | 33 |
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| Mechanism of injury | |
| Low energy | 37 |
| High energy | 28 |
| Not specified | 8 |
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| Type of brachial plexus injury | |
| Single nerve | 22 |
| Partial | 31 |
| Complete | 20 |
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| Accompanying injuries | |
| Absent | 40 |
| Present | 33 |
| GTF | 22 |
| RCT | 7 |
| HF | 4 |
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| Time from dislocation to reduction | |
| Not known | 32 |
| Known | 41 |
| ≤6 hours | 34 |
| >7 hours | 7 |
yr: year; mo: month; GTF: fracture of the greater tuberosity of humerus, RCT: rotator cuff tear, and HF: humeral fracture.