Table 1.
Among the 21 Patients Who Underwent Nerve Transfer to Improve Shoulder Function, Four Patients Sustained Their Axillary Nerve Injury during Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty and One during Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Surgery
Patient Characteristics and Outcome Measure | Double Nerve Transfer after Shoulder Surgery, Mean (SD) |
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Age | 64.25 (7.08) |
n = 4 | |
Range, 54–73 | |
Injury to surgery (d) | 197.5 (91.18) |
n = 4 | |
Range, 77–327 | |
Follow-up (d) | 463.25 (248.71) |
n = 4 | |
Range, 236–873 | |
Preoperative shoulder abduction (MRC-MS) | 1.75 (1.09) |
n = 4 | |
Range, 0–3 | |
Postoperative shoulder abduction (MRC-MS) | 2.25 (0.43) |
n = 4 | |
Range, 2–3 | |
Shoulder abduction mean difference in MRC-MS | 0.5 (0.86) |
n = 4 | |
Range, 0–2 | |
No. patients with final MRC-MS ≥4 | 0 (0/4) |
Video measured shoulder abduction AROM | 36.5 (9.5) |
n = 2 | |
Range, 28–46 | |
Video measured shoulder flexion AROM | 56.0 (12.0) |
n = 2 | |
Range, 45–69 | |
DASH score | 26.3 (15.4) |
n = 2 | |
Range, 11–42 |
These patients were noted to have particularly poor outcomes and were excluded from subsequent analysis. AROM, active range of motion.