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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Early and late fixation of ulnar styloid base fractures yields different outcomes

Characteristics

Group A

Group B

p value

No. of patients

13

15

 

Mean age (years)

36.1 ± 14.2

29.3 ± 11.2

0.084

Sex

  

0.196

 Women

6 (46%)

5 (33%)

 

 Men

7 (54%)

10 (67%)

 

Injured wrist

  

0.147

 Right

6 (46%)

10 (67%)

 

 Left

7 (54%)

5 (33%)

 

Dominant side injury

6 (46%)

8 (53%)

0.359

Concomitant DRF

3

2

0.26

Time to surgery (months)

1.1

12.3

0.000

  1. p values in italics represent statistical significance (p < 0.01)
  2. DRF distal radial fracture
  3. Patients who underwent surgery within 3 months of injury
  4. Patients who underwent surgery 3 months or more after injury