Table 3.

Short-term impact of hamate hook fractures on the career of competitive baseball players

Patient	Time between injury and surgery (months)	Games missed secondary to hook of hamate fracture	Time from surgery until return to play (weeks)
1	4	–	5.7
	9	0—played until the end of the season; surgery performed at the end of the season	5.7
2	0.1	28 after surgery	10.4
3	0.5	36 after surgery	5.3
4	1.7	0—played until the end of the season; surgery performed at the end of the season	5.6
5	0.5	0—played until the end of the season; surgery performed at the end of the season	–
6	0.2	25 after surgery	4.3
7	3	–	6.3

“–” unknown or missing data

^aUnderwent surgery during the off-season and began a new season on the disabled list