Comparison of clinical and radiologic treatment outcomes of Kienböck’s disease

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all treatment groups

Type of treatment		Patients operated	Patients at follow-up	Follow-up in years		Age at treatment	Dominant hand affected	Employment status		Occupational group
								Full-time work^a	Unemployed^b	Blue collar	White collar
		Total	Total	Mean	SD	Mean	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
STT		46	27	4	2.99	37	19 (70)	25 (93)	2 (7)	12 (44)	13 (48)
RSO		21	14	10	7.43	34	9 (64)	12 (86)	2 (14)	4 (29)	8 (57)
VBG^c		7	4	1	0.7	38	1 (75)	4 (100)	0	2 (50)	2 (50)
VBG^d and RSO		3	2	4	1.06	29	1 (50)	2 (100)	0	2 (100)	0
Differences
STT vs. RSO	p			<0.01^e		0.87^e	0.69^f	0.54^f	0.49^f	0.28^f	0.59^f

STT scaphotrapeziotrapezoid arthrodesis, RSO radial shortening osteotomy, VBG vascularized bone graft, SD standard deviation
^aFull-time work or part-time work (including training/professional training)
^bMaternity, unemployed for at most 12 months, or never been employed
^cSix palmar and one dorsal VBGs
^dOne dorsal and two palmar VBGs
^e t test
^fFisher exact-test

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