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Sociodemographic, clinical, and job\u2010related characteristics and time to return to work were obtained by interview and from medical records. Exposure to ergonomic risk was derived from an independently validated job matrix. Time to return to work after surgery was analyzed by survival techniques<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>Median time to return to work was 5 weeks. After adjustment, the relative rate (RR) of return to work per week after surgery was most strongly decreased by the receipt of workers' compensation, RR 0.2 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.1\u20130.5), and by the exposure to bending and twisting of the hand prior to surgery, RR 0.7 (95% CI 0.5\u20130.9) per hour. 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