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Demographics

Patient characteristics by specialism

Finger » Primary finger arthroplasty » Demographics » Patient characteristics by specialism

TABLE Patient characteristics of all patients with a registered primary finger arthroplasty in the Netherlands in 2022

	Plastic surgeon (n=102)	Orthopaedic surgeon (n=89)	Total (n=199)¹
Mean age (years) (SD)	65.8 (9.7)	65.1 (10.9)	65.4 (10.1)
Age (years) (%)
<50	9	6	7
50-59	14	21	18
60-69	35	36	37
70-79	37	30	33
≥80	5	7	5
Gender (%)
Men	27	9	19
Women	73	91	81
ASA score (%)
I	24	11	18
II	57	52	55
III-IV	19	37	27
Type of hospital (%)
General	53	98	75
UMC	19	2	11
Private	28	0	14
Diagnosis (%)
Osteoarthritis	80	46	64
Rheumatoid arthritis	17	52	33
Post-traumatic	1	1	1
Inflammatory arthritis	0	1	1
Osteonecrosis	0	0	0
Other	2	0	1
Mean Body Mass Index (kg/m²) (SD)	26.8 (4.9)	26.1 (6.4)	26.4 (5.7)
Body Mass Index (kg/m²) (%)
Underweight (≤18,5)	1	4	3
Normal weight (>18,5-25)	40	52	45
Overweight (>25-30)	30	33	31
Obesity (>30-40)	28	8	19
Morbid obesity (>40)	1	3	2
Smoking (%)
No	87	90	88
Yes	13	10	12

Please note: in 2022, 1 (0.5%) patient had a primary finger arthroplasty performed by a trauma surgeon. For 7 (3.5%) patients with a primary finger arthroplasties the specialism was not registered.
General: general hospital; UMC: university medical centre; Private: private hospital; SD: standard deviation.