Table 2.
No. total patients (No. wrists) | 89 (100) |
Gender (No. male : female) | 61: 28 |
Follow-up years (average, range) | 6.7 (1-20.75) |
Age years (average, SD, range) | 54 (12, 26-80) |
Dominant side involved (n, %) | 50 (50%) |
Laborer (n, %) | 42 (42%) |
Smoker (n, %) | 14 (14%) |
Worker’s compensation (n, %) | 1 (1%) |
Legal claim pending (n, %) | 1 (1%) |
Preoperative symptoms | |
Average preoperative duration symptoms months (average, SD, range) |
60 (89, 3-540) |
Patients with previous operation (n, %) | 32 (32%) |
Average number of previous operations (n, range) | 1.9 (1-4) |
Primary diagnosis (n, % of total) | |
Arthritis | 58 (58%) |
SLAC or SNAC arthritis | 37 (37%) |
Non-SLAC/SNAC arthritis | 21 (21%) |
Inflammatory arthritis | 19 (19%) |
Posttraumatic arthritis | 7 (7%) |
Unknown | 7 (7%) |
Ligamentous injury | 6 (6%) |
Kienböck or Preiser disease | 3 (3%) |
Note. SLAC = scapholunate advanced collapse; SNAC = scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse.