Table 1.
Patient and tophus characteristics at the time of surgerya
| Patient characteristics (n = 8) | |
| No. (%) male | 7 (88) |
| Age, median (range) years | 46 (31 to 67) |
| Duration of gout, median (range) years | 12 (4 to 30) |
| No. (%) prescribed allopurinol | 6 (75) |
| No. (%) prescribed colchicine | 7 (87.5) |
| No. (%) prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | 2 (25) |
| Serum urate, median (range) mg/dl | 6.6 (5 to 9.8) |
| CRP, median (range) mg/dl | 0.84 (0.2 to 4.3) |
| Tophus characteristics (n = 14) | |
| Duration of tophus, median (range) years | 5 (1.5 to 7) |
| Location of tophus | |
| First MTP joint, No. (%) | 7 (50) |
| Ankle joint, No. (%) | 4 (29) |
| Elbow joint, No. (%) | 2 (14) |
| Hand PIP joint, No. (%) | 1 (7) |
| Indication for surgery | |
| Mechanical problem, No. (%) | 10 (71) |
| Pain control, No. (%) | 4 (28) |
| Sepsis control (infected/ulcerated tophi), No. (%) | 0 (0) |
CRP, C-reactive protein; MTP, metatarsophalangeal; No., number; PIP, proximal interphalangeal. aData are presented as medians and ranges or percentages.