Abstaining from symptomatic implants of modified tension band wiring by nonabsorbable suture fixation for transverse patella fractures

Table 2 Postoperative knee flexion and ROM difference between the injured knee and the contralateral side

*Postoperative knee flexion*
Follow-up period	Degree of flexion	Mean difference	p-value*
Follow-up period	(mean ± SD)	(95% CI)	p-value*
3 months	96.88 ± 24.01
6 months	116.25 ± 21.25	19.38 (13.23–25.52)	<0.001*
12 months	120.00 ± 18.62	23.13 (16.39–29.86)	<0.001*
Repeated measures analysis of variance	–	–	<0.001**
*ROM difference*
Follow-up period	ROM difference	Mean difference	p-value*
Follow-up period	(mean ± SD)	(95% CI)	p-value*
3 months	−30.31 ± 15.33
6 months	−12.19 ± 12.38	−18.13 (−23.53, −12.72)	<0.001*
12 months	−8.44 ± 10.91	−21.88 (−28.17, −15.58)	<0.001*
Repeated measures analysis of variance	–	–	<0.001**