Do Surgeons Treat Their Patients’ Upper Extremity Nerve Palsies as They Would Treat Their Own?

Surgeons were moderately likely to recommend surgery for nerve palsies, with no variation in opinions regardless of whether they were deciding for themselves or for patients. For specific nerve palsies with a documented benign natural history, this likely represents overtreatment. Future studies can assess whether balancing awareness of a benign natural history with the pressure to act and the sense that recovery is "taking too long" might limit the offer of unnecessary surgery.