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Table 1 Patients’ age, gender, Pirani scores, and complications

From: A polyaxial fixation brace for the treatment of idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus in newborns

 

E-group

C-group

P value #

Age

 Mean age (days)

7.5 ± 5.6

8.1 ± 4.9

0.87

Gender

 Male

55

57

 

 Female

34

39

 

Quantity of feet

131

123

 

Bilateral

42

27

 

Pirani scores*

 Postoperative

4.60 ± 1.04

4.66 ± 0.88

0.55

  1st month

2.35 ± 1.88

1.24 ± 1.69

0.021

  3rd month

1.33 ± 0.75

0.45 ± 0.35

0.012

  6th month

0.44 ± 0.55

0.31 ± 0.32

0.27

  12th month

0.26 ± 0.06

0.25 ± 0.03

0.48

  36th month

0.23 ± 0.05

0.22 ± 0.03

0.57

Complications (36 ± 1.3 months)

 Skin pressure sores

7

21

0.0283

 Scars

0

5

0.0283

 Percutaneous Achilles tendon lengthening

4

18

0.0109

 Slippage

0

21

0.0001

 Posterior capsulotomy

1

8

0.0001

  1. *According to the Pirani score evaluation standard
  2. #p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant