Table 3 Clinical outcome in the perichondrium group (11 of 25 patients, 44%)

Median age at index surgery (Mean/SD/min-max)

41 years (41/6.6/33–50)

50 years (42/12.8/26–53)

Median follow-up time (Mean/SD/min-max)

23.5 years (19.1/11.8/4–31)

33 years (32.4/1.5/30–34)

Median range-of-motion (Mean/SD/min-max)

70 degrees (66/16.3/40–90)

20 degrees (29/24.6/0–65)

Median pain at rest (Mean/SD/min-max)

0.0 (0/0/0)

0.0 (0/0/0)

Median pain at activity (Mean/SD/min-max)

0.5 (0.6/0.8/0–2)

1.0 (1.4/1.1/0–4)

Median strength JAMAR operated side (Mean/SD/min-max)

38 kg (37.8/9.1/25–52)

10 kg (25.2/16.3/9–52)

Median strength JAMAR non-op side (Mean/SD/min-max)

40 kg (42/8.9/28–53)

10 kg (28.4/26.3/9–62)

Strength in percent op vs non-op side

90%

89%

Median Quick DASH score (Mean/SD/min-max)

8.7 (11.9/10.7/4–33)

8.3 (6.3/3.2/1–8)