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Table 1 Patient and Surgical Characteristics and Satisfaction Scores

From: Regional anaesthesia is associated with less patient satisfaction compared to general anaesthesia following distal upper extremity surgery: a prospective double centred observational study

 

Total

Fully Satisfied

Partly Satisfied

Dissatisfied

P-value

Total

243

194 (79.8%)

36 (14.8%)

13 (5.3%)

 

Gender

    

0.425

 Female (n)

131

101

23

7

 

 Male (n)

112

93

13

6

 

Age (yrs.)a

    

0.482

 median

52.0

52.5

49.5

47.9

 

  (IQR)

(36.6–61.8)

(37.8–62.9)

(32.5–58.0)

(41.9–57.8)

 

BMI (kg/m2)a

    

0.693

 median

24.9

24.9

24.9

22.9

 

  (IQR)

(23.0–27.4)

(23.4–27.5)

(22.9–26.9)

(21.5–29.8)

 

ASA-classificationb

    

0.902

 ASA 1 (n)

116

92

17

7

 

 ASA 2 (n)

118

95

18

5

 

 ASA 3 (n)

9

7

1

1

 

NRS-Scorea

     

 median

3

3

5

7

0.011

  (IQR)

(1–6)

(1–6)

(1.25–7)

(2–8.5)

 

 NRS > 4

118

88

22

8

0.139

 NRS < 4

125

106

14

5

 

Type of Surgeryc

 Arthrodesis/arthroplasty (n)

37

27

4

6

 

 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (n)

8

8

0

0

 

 Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (n)

2

1

0

1

 

 Dupuytren’s contracture (n)

57

48

7

2

 

 Finger-joint replacement (n)

1

1

0

0

 

 Ganglion cyst removal (n)

5

3

2

0

 

 Ligament repair surgery (n)

8

7

1

0

 

 Neuroma excision (n)

3

3

0

0

 

 Placement of osteosynthesis material (n)

4

4

0

0

 

 Proximal row carpectomy (n)

3

1

2

0

 

 Quervain’s release surgery (n)

3

2

1

0

 

 Removal of osteosynthesis material (n)

7

5

2

0

 

 Tendon repair surgery (n)

13

11

2

0

 

 Tenolysis (n)

5

4

1

0

 

 Trigger finger release (n)

2

2

0

0

 

 Ulnar nerve transposition (n)

9

8

1

0

 

 Wrist arthroscopy (n)

21

12

8

1

 

 Miscellaneous (n)

55

47

5

3

 

Tourniquet usec

 Yes (n)

235

186

36

13

 

 No (n)

8

8

0

0

 

Duration of Tourniquet use (minutes)

 median

46.5

45

50

46

0.875

  (IQR)

(30–65)

(30–65)

(31–61)

(37.5–64.5)

 
  1. a Age, BMI and NRS-Score are not normally distributed and therefore presented as ‘median (IQR)’
  2. b ASA-classification (class 1–6), according to The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification system
  3. c Due to the small numbers in some cells, no statistical analyses was performed on type of surgery details