Clinical variables and results of tendon reconstruction.
| Variables | Result of Tendon Reconstruction | p (regression coefficient) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good, n = 46 | Fair, n = 13 | Poor, n = 7 | ||
| Age at surgery, yrs (range) | 51.9 (25–80) | 53.3 (28–83) | 59.3 (37–75) | 0.015 (0.016) |
| Disease duration, yrs (range) | 12.1 (2.7–30.2) | 14.5 (4.2–38.5) | 8.2 (4.3–12) | 0.41 (0.011) |
| Larsen grading of the affected wrist joint | 3.8 (2–5) | 4.0 (3–5) | 3.6 (3–4) | 0.56 (0.082) |
| Larsen grading of the affected MCP joint | 1.3 (0.5–3.5) | 1.4 (1–3) | 1.4 (0.5–3) | 0.70 (−0.059) |
| Surgical delay, weeks (range) | 18.6 (2.7–129.7) | 40.6 (6.6–180.1) | 29.5 (4–119) | 0.19 (−0.036) |
| Number of ruptured tendon (range) | 2.6 (1–4) | 3.3 (2–6) | 4.0 (2–6) | 0.0088 (−0.23) |
| Surgical procedure for the wrist, n | 0.38 (0.24) | |||
| Sauvé-Kapandji procedure | 42 | 12 | 5 | |
| Darrach procedure | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Partial fusion | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total fusion | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Methods for tendon reconstruction, n | 0.72 (0.063) | |||
| End-to-side suture | 23 | 9 | 2 | |
| Tendon transfer | 18 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tendon graft | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Combined | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duration between surgery and rehabilitation, days (range) | 20.7 (10–49) | 22.4 (10–37) | 18.6 (10–37) | 0.95 (0.0071) |
| Frequency of postoperative rehabilitation, per week (range) | 0.9 (0.3–1.6) | 0.8 (0.3–1.6) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 0.86 (0.046) |
MCP: metacarpophalangeal.