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Table 2 Comparison between preoperative, postoperative, and follow-up measurements and stratified by groups with paired t test

From: Injury mechanism affects the stability of suture-button syndesmosis fixation

 

Pre-OP (mm)

Post-OP (mm)

Follow-up (mm)

p-valueb

Overall

TFCS

7.73 ± 0.60

4.04 ± 0.13a

4.43 ± 0.12c

< 0.01

TFO

3.05 ± 0.36

6.44 ± 0.28a

6.12 ± 0.27c

0.03

MCS

8.12 ± 0.80

3.54 ± 0.10a

3.67 ± 0.10c

0.02

Pure syndesmotic

TFCS

6.08 ± 0.44

4.33 ± 0.20a

4.52 ± 0.16

0.06

TFO

4.65 ± 0.71

6.56 ± 0.99a

6.8 ± 0.87

0.24

MCS

3.81 ± 0.45

3.08 ± 0.14

3.16 ± 0.12

0.25

Weber-B type

TFCS

6.73 ± 0.39

4.17 ± 0.21a

4.38 ± 0.17

0.08

TFO

2.7 ± 0.45

5.95 ± 0.40a

5.7 ± 0.41

0.09

MCS

7.02 ± 0.99

3.32 ± 0.14a

3.43 ± 0.11

0.08

Weber-C type

TFCS

9.24 ± 1.26

3.82 ± 0.20a

4.45 ± 0.20c

< 0.01

TFO

2.82 ± 0.65

6.86 ± 0.40a

6.29 ± 0.38c

0.04

MCS

10.63 ± 1.42

3.89 ± 0.18a

4.07 ± 0.17

0.1

  1. TFCS tibiofibular clear space, TFO tibiofibular overlap, MCS medial clear space, Pre-OP preoperative, Post-OP postoperative
  2. aSignificant difference compared to preoperative values
  3. bFollow-up value compared to postoperative values
  4. cSignificant difference compared to postoperative values