A Multicenter External Validation of a Novel Prediction Model for Elbow Flexion Recovery After Nerve Transfer Surgery in Brachial Plexus Injuries
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Siriraj Hospital
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of participants with failure of biceps recovery at 24 months
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to validate a risk prediction model developed for unsuccessful elbow flexion recovery after nerve transfer surgery in patients with brachial plexus injury. The main question it aims to answer is how well a risk prediction model perform in a different dataset, which are patients with brachial plexus injury who underwent surgery in a different time period or a different hospital.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 10 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Traumatic brachial plexus injury patients underwent nerve transfer operation for re-innervation of elbow flexion at Siriraj Hospital between 2018 and 2020 and Lerdsin General Hospital between 2008 and 2022
- •Patients had follow-up duration at least 24 months after surgery
Exclusion Criteria
- •Incomplete medical records
- •Patients underwent free functioning muscle transfer as primary surgery for elbow flexion
- •Obstetric brachial plexus injury
- •Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of participants with failure of biceps recovery at 24 months
Time Frame: 24 months
Medical research council motor grading system of less than 3 at 24 months after surgery
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Panai Laohaprasitiporn, MD
Principal Investigator
Siriraj Hospital
