Table 2

Functional recovery and outcome

Patient number	Time to notice initial motor movements (wk)			Time for sensory recovery to be seen (wk)			Initial deformity seen at 3 mon	Sensory recovery/static 2PD (final follow-up)	Range of movements	VAS score	Mayo Wrist score	Quick DASH score	Complications
Patient number	Radial	Median	Ulnar	Median nerve	Ulnar nerve	Radial nerve	Initial deformity seen at 3 mon	Sensory recovery/static 2PD (final follow-up)	Range of movements	VAS score	Mayo Wrist score	Quick DASH score	Complications
1	Immediate/claw deformity hand	8	9	9	10	Immediate	Combined claw (median+ulnar)	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	2.3	Raw areas over the sutures which healed by scar
2	Immediate/claw deformity hand	8	Immediate	9	Immediate	Immediate	Median claw and median nerve palsy	S4 6 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Unstable scar
3	Immediate	4	4	8	10	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	80	2.3	Nil
4	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Superficial skin necrosis, settled with dressing alone
5	12/claw deformity hand	16	20	20	26	24	Finger stiffness/combined claw	S3 9 mm	Stiff MCP and PIP joints	4	40	18.2	Stiff joints, osteomyelitis humerus/non-union supracondylar humerus
6	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 6 mm	Full	0	85	2.3	Nil
7	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 6 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
8	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	80	2.3	Nil
9	Immediate	Immediate/ claw	Immediate/ claw	2	2	Immediate	Mild combined claw	S4 6 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
10	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
11	Immediate	immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	80	6.8	Nil
12	Immediate	Immediate/claw	Immediate/claw	2	2	Immediate	Mild claw	S4 6 mm	Full	1	80	4.5	Nil
13	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
14	8	12	16	13	18	16	Combined claw	S3 7 mm	Elbow stiff, stiff claw	4	50	22.0	Elbow stiffness
15	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	2.3	Nil
16	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 6 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
17	Immediate/claw deformity hand	12	16	16	22	Immediate	Combined claw	S4 8 mm	Full	1	80	4.5	Multiple small raw areas over edges/scars
18	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
19	16/claw deformity hand	20	26	18	26	32	Combined claw	S3 10 mm	Elbow stiff, MCP, PIP joint stiffness	4	45	25	Septic arthritis/multiple surgery
20	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	2.3	Nil
21	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	4.5	Nil
22	Immediate/claw deformity	2/claw	2/claw	2	2	Immediate	Mild claw	S4 6 mm	Full	0	80	2.3	Nil
23	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 5 mm	Full	0	85	2.3	Nil
24	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Immediate	Nil	S4 6 mm	Full	0	80	2.3	Nil
Mean values										0.6	79	5.9

Medical Research Council scale.
S0 is the absence of sensibility; S1 is the recovery of deep cutaneous pain; S2 is the return of superficial cutaneous pain and some degree of tactile sensibility; S3 is the return of superficial cutaneous pain and tactile sensibility without over-response; and S4 is the complete recovery.
DASH, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand; MCP, metacarpophalangeal; 2PD, 2-point discrimination; PIP, proximal interphalangeal; VAS, Visual Analog Scale.