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. 2020 Apr 13;141(4):561–568. doi: 10.1007/s00402-020-03446-y

Table 3.

Incidence and recovery rate of primary radial nerve palsy in closed humeral shaft fractures

Overall
N = 922a
Non-operative
N = 240
Operative
N = 682
p value
Primary RNP, n (%) 88 (10%) 23 (10%) 65 (10%)
Recovery without re-intervention, n (%) 83 (94%) 21 (91%) 62 (95%) 0.60

a18 studies (n = 836) excluded patients with primary radial nerve palsy and are not included in this analysis