Clinical Study
Electrophysiological Predictors of Clinical Outcome in Traumatic Neuropathies: A Multicenter Prospective Study
Table 1
TN patients: demographic features, aetiology, mechanism, and site of injury.
| | | All patients
(232 males/75 females) | NS group
(153 males/63 females) | S group
(79 males/12 females) |
| | Dominant hemisphere | 229 left/78 right | 147 left/69 right | 82 left/9 right |
| | Aetiology | | | | | Motorcycle accident | 80 | 34 | 46 | | Car accident | 55 | 46 | 9 | | Accident at work | 47 | 39 | 8 | | Iatrogenic lesion | 31 | 27 | 4 | | Domestic accident | 24 | 15 | 9 | | Accidental fall | 22 | 19 | 3 | | Bicycle accident | 12 | 9 | 3 | | Sports injury | 10 | 10 | 0 | | Suicide attempt | 4 | 2 | 2 | | Burns | 4 | 4 | 0 | | Others | 18 | 11 | 7 |
| | Site of injury | | | | | Brachial plexus—BP | 87 | 62 | 25 | | Root | 9 | 4 | 5 | | Nerve | 182 | 139 | 43 | | Double-level BP + root | 17 | 3 | 14 | | Double-level BP + nerve | 9 | 5 | 4 | | Lumbar plexus | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | Polytrauma | 213 | 158 | 55 |
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TN: traumatic neuropathies; : number of patients; NS: nonsurgical; S: surgical; and BP: brachial plexus.
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