Fig. 1.

Results of triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) surgery of one specific surgeon. The graph depicts the outcome for open TFCC surgery from baseline to 12 months post surgery for pain during activity and function via the PRWE score. The green line is the median (p50) surgeon’s personal result (1st author) of his 94 cases versus the total of 848 patients in the database. The shaded areas illustrate the range of the 25th to 75th percentile for both the surgeon and the population. Also shown are the numbers of filled-in questionnaires as each time point used to calculate the graph. These outcome pictures are used in shared decision making to help the patient decide whether or not to opt for this procedure.

Note. PRWE, Patient Rated Wrist/Hand Evaluation.