Table 3. List of published articles reporting the impact of hypoalbuminemia on hand-related postsurgical outcomes.

Study	Journal	Year	Condition/procedure	Albumin cutoff	Outcome
Abbreviations: ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; DRF, distal radius fracture; ORIF, open reduction internal fixation. Note: PubMed was queried using the search syntax “malnutrition” and “hypoalbuminemia” and “Hand.”
Wilson et al 51	Journal of Hand Surgery	2019	ORIF of DRF	3.5 g/dL	Hypoalbuminemia positively correlated with postsurgical complications, length of stay, readmission, and mortality
Luchetti et al 52	Hand	2019	Hand surgery	3.5 g/dL	Hypoalbuminemia positively correlated with postoperative morbidity and mortality
Our study			ORIF of DRF	3.5 g/dL	Patients with hypoalbuminemia had higher ASA scores, longer mean length of stay, and greater odds for developing major complications during the 30-day postoperative period