Trained (n = 151) | Actually performed | |||||
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n | % | mis | n | % | mis | |
Minor surgery procedures | ||||||
Suturing of wounds | 88 | 58.7% | 1 | 72 | 48.0% | 1 |
Drainage of abscesses | 78 | 52.3% | 2 | 76 | 51.0% | 2 |
Removal of ingrown nails | 78 | 52.0% | 1 | 42 | 28.4% | 3 |
Excision of cyst or subcutaneous nodule | 44 | 29.3% | 1 | 31 | 20.8% | 2 |
Excision of nevi | 25 | 16.7% | 1 | 15 | 10.0% | 1 |
Excision of skin tumors | 17 | 11.3% | 1 | 9 | 6.1% | 3 |
Drainage of thrombosed hemorrhoids | 14 | 9.3% | 1 | 9 | 6.1% | 3 |
Musculoskeletal injections | ||||||
Tennis elbow | 85 | 57.4% | 3 | 52 | 34.9% | 2 |
Drainage of knee effusions | 75 | 51.0% | 4 | 42 | 28.4% | 3 |
Plantar fasciitis | 75 | 51.0% | 4 | 54 | 35.8% | 0 |
Rotator cuff tendinitis | 72 | 48.6% | 3 | 30 | 19.9% | 0 |
Trigger finger | 66 | 44.6% | 3 | 44 | 29.1% | 0 |
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis | 65 | 43.9% | 3 | 34 | 22.7% | 1 |
Golfer’s elbow | 59 | 40.1% | 4 | 34 | 22.5% | 0 |
Prepatellar bursitis | 59 | 40.1% | 4 | 31 | 21.4% | 6 |
Acromioclavicular osteoarthritis | 57 | 38.5% | 3 | 23 | 15.2% | 0 |
Olecranon bursitis | 57 | 38.5% | 3 | 38 | 25.3% | 1 |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | 54 | 37.0% | 5 | 31 | 20.5% | 0 |
Biciptal tendinitis | 53 | 35.8% | 3 | 24 | 15.9% | 0 |
Trochanteric bursitis | 35 | 23.6% | 3 | 23 | 15.2% | 0 |
Meralgia parasthetica | 31 | 20.9% | 3 | 17 | 11.3% | 1 |
Dupuytren’s contracture | 29 | 19.6% | 3 | 17 | 11.3% | 1 |
Ischiogluteal bursitis | 22 | 15.0% | 4 | 11 | 7.4% | 2 |
Other - cutaneous nerve entrapment | not asked | 2 | 1.3% | 0 | ||
Other - osteoarthritis of knee | not asked | 2 | 1.3% | 0 | ||
Other - trigger points | not asked | 3 | 2.0% | 0 | ||
Other - abdominal or thoracic wall | not asked | 1 | 0.7% | 0 |