One hundred and four of radial nerve palsy were treated from 1941 to 1952. The follow-up results were classified by Sakellarides's criteria.
The following results were obtained:
1) The most frequent cause of palsy was fractures and dislocations in 35 cases. Next in order of frequency were 14 so called “saturday night palsy”, 9 lacerations, 7 cuttings, 7 injections and 6 contusions.
2) The results of motor recovery in 26 conservative cases follow-up were excellent in 19 (76%), good in 4 (16%), fair in one (4%) and poor in one (4%), and those in 16 operative were excellent in 8 (72.8%), good in 2 (18.2%) and failure in one (9%) after neurolysis, and excellent in 4 (80%) and fair in one (20%) after nerve suture.
