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. 2021 Jul 28;11(1):62–68. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1732411

Table A1. Patient characteristics leading to recommending surgery.

Variables Recommending surgery p -Value
Overall 0.30 ± 0.24
Pain
 Pain is mild and occasional with minimal interference with work and hobbies 0.18 ± 0.21 < 0.001
 Pain is substantial and interfering with work and hobbies 0.42 ± 0.33
Symptoms
 Symptoms started more than a year ago and not clearly related to a specific event 0.25 ± 0.22 < 0.001
 Symptoms started within a few months and after a fall on an outstretched arm 0.35 ± 0.29
Watson test
 Symmetric scaphoid shift test (Watson test) 0.23 ± 0.22 < 0.001
 Asymmetric scaphoid shift test (Watson test) 0.38 ± 0.29
MRI
 MRI scan demonstrates a normal scapholunate ligament 0.25 ± 0.28 0.001
 MRI scan demonstrates a signal change in the scapholunate ligament 0.35 ± 0.27