Improving lives: Health-related quality of life after surgery for traumatic brachial plexus lesions in a single center retrospective study.

62 patients returned the questionnaires.

MRC grade 2/5 or more was achieved in 59.5% of musculocutaneous nerve, 61.9% of axillary nerve and 54.8% or suprascapular nerve reconstructions.

PainDetect scores showed a significant reduction of mean values from 19.7 (±9.0) to 16.5 (±8.0) (p < 0.05).

Sleep duration and quality showed a non-significant trend towards improvement.