Table 2.

Study and Patient Characteristics

	Number
Period of study reported (y)
1990–1999	5
2000–2009	6
2010–2015	7
Study location
North America	6
Europe	8
Asia	4
Patients demographics
Mean age (y)	34 (reported in all studies)
Mean symptom duration (m)	8 (reported in 12 of 18 studies)
Mean follow-up period (m)	30 (reported in 15 of 18 studies)
Mean time off work (m)	4 (reported in 9 of 18 studies)
TFCC demographics
Dominant hand injured (%)	68 (reported in 10 of 18 studies)
Symptom of catching (%)	63 (reported in 6 of 18 studies)
Ulnar side tenderness (%)	63 (reported in 7 of 18 studies)
History of trauma (%)	84 (reported in 12 of 18 studies)
Worker’s compensation (%)	24 (reported in 3 of 18 studies)
Palmer classification (%)	(reported in 12 of 18 studies)
1A	38
1B	28
1C	4
1D	11
II	19
Method for diagnosis (%)	(reported in 16 of 18 studies)
Arthrography	28
MRI	35
Intra-operative findings	37

y-year; m-months; MRI- magnetic resonance imaging