Table 3 Average VAS pain scores according to hand dominance, age, and gender (values; mean ± SD) with comparison of scores according to follow-up years by ANOVA and the associated p values
Patient information | VAS pain score (±SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preoperative | Postoperative | p value* | |||||
2 years | 5 years | Pre–Po2 | Pre–Po5 | Po2–Po5 | |||
Operated extremity | Dominant side (n = 24) | 8.04 (±0.75) | 1.29 (±0.95) | 1.50 (±0.93) | 0.661 | 0.824 | 0.423 |
Non-dominant side (n = 5) | 7.20 (±0.83) | 0.60 (±0.45) | 0.40 (±0.63) | ||||
Age | >55 (n = 17) | 8.12 (±0.85) | 1.29 (±0.84) | 1.47 (±0.94) | 0.541 | 0.341 | 0.609 |
≤55 (n = 12) | 7.58 (±0.66) | 1.00 (±1.04) | 1.08 (±0.99) | ||||
Gender | Female (n = 20) | 7.90 (±0.85) | 1.15 (±0.93) | 1.40 (±1.04) | 0.580 | 0.605 | 0.973 |
Male (n = 9) | 7.89 (±0.78) | 1.22 (±0.97) | 1.11 (±0.78) | ||||