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Table 3 ANOVA for postoperative and follow-up measurements between groups

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

 

p value

Post hoc analysisa

p value

Post-operative

TFC

0.36

  

TFO

0.38

  

MCS

0.006

Pure syndesmotic ↔ Weber-B

0.51

  

Pure syndesmotic ↔ Weber-C

0.003

  

Weber-B ↔ Weber-C

0.029

Follow-up

TFC

0.95

  

TFO

0.31

  

MCS

0.001

Pure syndesmotic ↔ Weber-B

0.17

  

Pure syndesmotic ↔ Weber-C

< 0.001

  

Weber-B ↔ Weber-C

0.017

  1. TFCS tibiofibular clear space, TFO tibiofibular overlap, MCS medial clear space
  2. aCommenced with Games-Howell test
  3. p value < 0.05