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Table 2 Median (range) VAS and DASH scores (0 = best; 100 = worst) and the number with VAS scores that were considered excellent (VAS < 16)

From: Abductor pollicis longus tendon interposition for arthrosis of the first carpo-metacarpal joint. Long-term results

 

3.5-year review [2] (n = 55)

13-year review (n = 36)

  

Excellent

 

Excellent

Pain (VAS)

11 (0–85)

36 (65 %)

15 (0–75)

22 (61 %)

Cosmesis (VAS)

5 (0–100)

37 (67 %)

8 (0–98)

33 (92 %)

General satisfaction (VAS)

5 (0–100)

34 (62 %)

15 (0–89)

24 (67 %)

Regretted surgery

4 (7 %)

 

3 (8 %)

 

DASH score

28 (0–84)

 

20 (0–62)

 

(n = 47)

(n = 33)

  1. “Regretted surgery”: Those who stated that they would not have consented to surgery if they had known the outcome in advance)