Table II.

Demographic data for all UCL reconstruction and repair from 2010 to 2019 showing likelihoods of receiving reconstruction over repair. There were no significant differences in any category except for rural surgical settings in which patients were significantly more likely to undergo reconstruction.

	Total	Repair	Reconstruction	Chi-square P value	Odds ratio	OR 95% CI
Procedure
Scope	102	22	80	.092	1.521	0.937-2.468
PRP	29	9	20	.837	0.906	0.410-2.004
Ulnar nerve	429	114	315	.217	1.176	0.010-1.504
Gender
Male	1445	417	1028	.746	1.066	0.778-1.460
Female	212	64	148	-	-	-
Race
Hispanic	210	59	151	.808	1.045	0.757-1.441
White	1169	337	832	.813	1.032	0.818-1.300
Black	48	13	35	.872	1.104	0.579-2.105
Asian	13	6	7	.218	0.474	0.158-1.417
Native American	2	1	1	1.000	0.408	0.025-6.541
Other	429	125	304	.951	0.992	0.779-1.264
Age (y)
<18	563	150	413	.138	1.192	0.950-1.495
18-44	995	300	695	.225	0.869	0.774-1.058
45-64	87	28	59	.554	0.853	0.538-1.356
65+	17	4	13	.791	1.331	0.432-4.103
City
Metro	1253	366	887	.303	0.808	0.551-1.184
Micro	80	25	55	.612	0.881	0.541-1.434
Rural	76	14	62	.05∗	1.838∗	1.017-3.322∗
Payor status
Private	1463	425	1038	.934	0.98	0.707-1.360
Medicare	19	6	13	1.000	0.884	0.334-2.339
Medicaid	46	10	36	.324	1.485	0.731-3.017
Worker's comp	90	28	62	.720	0.899	0.568-1.424
Self-pay	37	11	26	1.000	0.965	0.473-1.968
Other	7	2	5	1.000	1.021	0.197-5.282
Setting
ASC	1100	311	789	.361	1.11	0.888-1.386
Academic	206	63	143	.623	0.917	0.668-1.260

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PRP, platelet-rich plasma; UCL, ulnar collateral ligament.

^∗P≤.05