Surgical treatment of Dupuytren’s disease – outcome and health economy in relation to smoking and diabetes

Table 2 QuickDASH scores in 182 open surgical procedures for finger flexion contracture in Dupuytren’s disease

	All surgeries (n = 182)	Non-smokers^a(n = 152)	Smokers^a(n = 27)	p-value	Subjects without diabetes^b(n = 161)	Subjects with diabetes^b(n = 20)	p-value
Preoperative QuickDASH (total score)	22 [9-36]	21 [9-34]	30 [14-43]	0.04	21 [9-36]	30 [7-43]	0.25
Postoperative QuickDASH (total score)	5 [0-18]	5 [0-16]	5 [0-25]	0.90	5 [0-18]	7 [2-17]	0.48
Change in QuickDASH (total score)	11 [2-24]	10 [2-22]	11 [5-25]	0.29	11 [2-23]	10 [3-30]	0.58
Postoperative QuickDASH > 10 (numbers; %)	65 (36%)	53 (35%)	11 (41%)	0.56	57 (35%)	7 (35%)	0.40
Change in QuickDASH total score < 10 after surgery (numbers; %)	74 (41%)	65 (43%)	8 (30%)	0.20	64 (40%)	9 (45%)	0.43

Values are median [25% - 75% percentiles] or numbers (%). ^aInformation about smoking was lacking in three patients. ^bInformation about glucose status was lacking in one patient.

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