Details of outcome
| Number | Full recovery | Partial recovery | No recovery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes: Completed questionnaires = 281. Insufficient information on outcome or ineligible cases = 5. Total number of eligible of cases = 276. (Information on the mode of delivery was missing in two fully recovered and five partially recovered infants). The sum of ventouse and forceps deliveries exceeds the number of infants delivered by assisted delivery because some proceeded from ventouse to forceps. | ||||
| *Information on the extent of the lesion was missing in two cases. | ||||
| All infants | 276 | 143 | 127 | 6 |
| Macrosomia | 146 | 65 | 78 | 3 |
| Shoulder dystocia | 179 | 84 | 90 | 5 |
| Spontaneous vertex delivery | 156 | 80 | 74 | 2 |
| Breech | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Assisted delivery | 101 | 55 | 44 | 2 |
| Ventouse | 80 | 40 | 39 | 1 |
| Forceps | 37 | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| Caesarean section | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Groups I and II | 255* | 143 | 112 | 0 |
| Groups III and IV | 19* | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| Associated injuries | 42 | 20 | 17 | 5 |
| Age at assessment (weeks) | Range | 1–70 | 1–75 | 19–33 |
| Median | 18 | 26 | 27 | |