Table 1: Patient related information.

No.

Age/

Gender

Injury

Level

Side

Ischaemia time

Reperfusion

time

Average

TAM

Wrist F/E

Average

2PD

DASH

Score

Average Follow-up

Secondary procedures

Return to pre-injury occupation

1

28/M

Paper Cutting Machine

Wrist

Rt

1hr

3hr

220

20/30

9 mm

18.4

48 months

Skin grafting (Primary), MUA

Returned with change of work

2

25/M

Table saw

Wrist

Rt

6hr

3hr

230

25/35

11mm

24.2

42months

Skin grafting, tenolysis, CMC arthroplasty

Returned with change of work

3

38/M

Table saw

Wrist

Rt

4hr

4hr

190

35/45

9mm

26.7

41 months

Tenolysis

Changed Job

4

29/M

Table saw

Wrist

Rt

3.5hr

3hr

210

20/25

9mm

24.8

36 months

Tenolysis

Changed job

5

27/M

Table saw

Distal Forearm

Rt

7hr

3hr

200

45/45

10mm

32.4

34 months

Debridement, ORIF, Flexor tendon reconstruction, tendon transfer, Tenolysis, 1st web distraction, 1st CMC fusion

Returned with change of work

 

29.4

Averages

 

 

4.13 hr.

3.2 hr.

211.7

 

9.6 mm

25.3

38.5months

 

 

Abbreviations: DASH score: Disabilities of arm shoulder and hand score as filled by the patients at the last Follow up visit; MUA: Mobilization Under Anaesthesia; TAM: Total Active Motion; Hr.: Hours; mm: millimeters.