Work-related musculoskeletal injuries among upper extremity surgeons: A web-based survey

Table 2 Percentage of surveyed upper extremity surgeons with disorders and their requirement of time off work according to sex, age, hand dominance, type of practice, number of institutes, years in practice and annual caseload

	Number of respondents (%)	Number of respondents with injuries (%)	Number of injured requiring time off work (%)
Age (yr)
≤ 45	38.7	81.8	14.5
46-55	26.8	92.1	34.2
56-65	26.1	70.3	29.7
> 65	8.4	91.7	8.3
Sex
Male	90.8	92.2	24
Female	9.2	61.5	15.4
Hand dominance
Right	85.9	88.5	26.2
Left	14.1	95	5
Type of practice
Academic	50.7	88.9	23.6
Community	23.2	87.9	21.2
Private	18.3	88.5	26.9
Other	7.8	100	18.2
Number of institutes
1	92.3	88.5	23.7
> 1	7.7	100	18.2
Year in practice
≤ 10	26.7	78.9	15.8
11-20	35.2	90	26
21-30	21.2	100	30
> 30	16.9	91.7	20.8
Annual caseload
≤ 250	15.5	90.9	18.2
251-500	64.1	87.9	22
501-750	16.9	91.7	33.3
> 750	3.5	100	20