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Table1 Demographic data and clinical characteristics

From: Clinical features and treatment outcome of wrist tuberculosis in adult- a retrospective study of 84 consecutive cases with minimum of 2 years follow up

Age, years

46.8 ± 18.5

Gender

 Male,n(%)

45(53.6%)

 Female,n(%)

39(46.4%)

Side of infection

 Left wrist,n(%)

32(38.1%)

 Right wrist,n(%)

52(61.9%)

Dominant wrist,n(%)

60(71.4%)

Duration of symptoms,months,n(%)

10.5 ± 3.3

Follow-up, months

50.8 ± 17.1

History of pulmonary tuberculosis,n(%)

9(10.7%)

History of wrist trauma,n(%)

24(28.6%)

Bony involvement,n(%)

27(32.1%)

 Capitate,n(%)

7(8.3%)

 Lunate,n(%)

5(6.0%)

 Scaphoid,n(%)

4(4.8%)

 Ulna,n(%)

6(7.1%)

 Radius,n(%)

5(6.0%)

Soft-tissue involvement,n(%)

57(67.9%)

 Tuberculous tenosynovitis,n(%)

38(45.2%)

 wrist synovitis,n(%)

19(22.6%)

Treatment(surgical),n(%)

51(60.7%)

 Wrist arthrodesis (internal fixation),n(%)

13(15.5%)

 Wrist arthrodesis (external fixation),n(%)

11(13.1%)

 Synovectomy,n(%)

14(16.7%)

 Incision and drainage,n(%)

13(15.5%)

Treatment(conservative),n(%)

33(39.3%)