Table 1.

Health Status and Impairments of Patients According to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health⁴

Components	Patient A	Patient B	Patient C
Health status
Age (y)	41	51	38
Sex	M	F	M
Occupation	Carpenter, skilled worker	Farmer, housewife, laborer	Fruit seller, laborer
Dominant side	Right	Left	Right
Affected side	Right	Left	Right
Residence	Urban area near hospital	Rural area, different district	Rural area, different state
Mechanism of injury	Sharp glass cut at the mid arm while working	Fall from a bike on the elbow	Bike accident
Duration of paralysis	2.3 y	2.5 y	1.5 y
Surgical procedure	FDS 4-tail transfer	FDS 4-tail transfer	Zancolli lasso transfer
Body structure	Complete transection of the brachial artery and basilic vein, partial laceration of the median nerve, complete transection of the ulnar nerve and medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve of the arm and triceps muscle, and partial laceration of the biceps muscle (primary repair of all structures to regain sensory and motor functions)	Olecranon fracture operated with tension-band wiring, partial injury of the ulnar nerve at the elbow	C5–T1 cord level injury of the brachial plexus (conservatively managed), fracture of the greater tubercle of the humerus (open reduction internal fixation)
Body function	Weakness in the ulnar nerve muscles more than median nerve muscles of the hand • FDS, FDP, thenar muscles - MRC grade 4 • Hypothenar, interossei, and lumbricals- MRC grade 0 • Ulnar claw	Weakness in the ulnar nerve muscles of the hand • Ring and little finger FDP - MRC grade 4 • Hypothenar, interossei, and lumbricals- MRC grade 0 • Ulnar claw	Weakness in the ulnar nerve muscles more than median nerve muscles of the hand. Weakness of median nerve muscles equal to radial nerve muscles of the hand • Thenar muscles - MRC grade 3, lumbrical 1st, 2nd- MRC grade 2 • Hypothenar, interossei, and lumbricals- MRC grade 0 • Complete claw
Bouvier maneuver	Negative	Negative	Negative

MRC, Medical Research Council scale.