Research Article
Effect of the Articular Surface Incongruency on Surgical Outcome of the Distal Radius Fracture
Table 2
Relation between the result of the patient-reported rating scale (DASH) and patients’ variables.
| | ≤29 points () | >29 points () | value |
| | Age at injury | 54.9 (9.89) | 54.5 (10.39) | 0.955 | | Sex (male : female) | 11 : 42 | 7 : 9 | 0.102 | | Side (% of dominant side) | 25 (47.2%) | 5 (31.3%) | 0.389 | | Follow-up duration (months) | 15.4 (8.63) | 13.0 (2.60) | 0.275 | | Delay to surgery (days) | 4.1 (3.18) | 3.4 (2.19) | 0.551 | | Fracture type (AO) ( : ) | 14 : 39 | 0 : 16 | 0.029 | | Initial injury of the ulnar styloid process (none : tip : base) | 17 : 6 : 30 | 4 : 5 : 7 | 0.705 | | Radial inclination (% of normal) | 40 (75.5%) | 11 (68.8%) | 0.746 | | Radial height (% of normal) | 41 (77.4%) | 13 (81.3%) | 1.0 | | Ulnar variance (% of normal) | 41 (77.4%) | 11 (68.8%) | 0.518 | | Volar tilt (% of normal) | 37 (69.8%) | 10 (62.5%) | 0.760 | | Mismatch of the scaphoid facet | 33.0 | 41.5 | 0.058 | | Mismatch of the volar lunate facet | 32.9 | 41.7 | 0.042 | | Mismatch of the dorsal lunate facet | 32.4 | 43.6 | 0.031 | | Mismatch of the central portion | 33.2 | 41.1 | 0.023 | | Mismatch of the dorsal rim | 36.0 | 31.7 | 0.240 | | Mismatch of the volar rim | 35.3 | 34.1 | 0.738 | | Mismatch of the sigmoid notch | 36.8 | 33.7 | 0.583 |
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Results were presented with the mean rank. |