Table 1

Summary of patient characteristics

Patient no.	Sex	Age, yr	Injured hand	Cause of injury	Time from injury to surgery, mo	Symptoms	Radiograph
1	M	10	R^*	Fall from bike	14	Instability	Remodeled distal both bones forearm fracture
2	F	18	L^*	Ground level fall	84	Ulnar wrist pain and instability	Base ulnar styloid nonunion
3	M	14	R^*	Snowboarding	11	Ulnar wrist pain and instability	Base ulnar styloid nonunion, remodeled distal radius fracture
4	F	23	R	Ground level fall	36	Ulnar wrist pain and instability	Tip ulnar styloid nonunion
5	F	36	L	Snowboarding	18	Ulnar wrist pain and instability (previous pseudomonas infection in hand, unable to make full fist)	Healed base ulnar styloid fracture
6	F	21	R^*	Skiing	18	Ulnar wrist pain and instability	Tip ulnar styloid nonunion
Mean		20			30
SD		9			27