Table 4 Clinical course of motor weakness due to surgery
From: Predictive factors for complications after surgical treatment for schwannomas of the extremities
MRC grading | Postoperative observation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case | Nerves involved | Preoperative | Postoperative | Final follow-up | period (months) |
1 | Median | 5 | 4 | 5 | 48 |
2 | Ulnar | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
3 | Median | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
4 | Radial | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
5 | Posterior interosseous | 4 | 2 | 4 | 96 |
6 | Common peroneal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
7 | Common peroneal | 4 | 0–1 | 2 | 16 |
8 | Tibial | 5 | 0–1 | 2 | 6 |