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Table 4 Other clinical outcomes following total ankle arthroplasty according to the wound closure method

From: Comparison of 2-octyl cyanoacrylate skin adhesive and interrupted polypropylene sutures for wound closure in total ankle arthroplasty

 

Skin adhesive group (N = 36 ankles)

Suture group (N = 72 ankles)

p-value*

Duration of surgery (min)†

113.4 ± 23.8 (70 to 160)

114.1 ± 22.1 (75 to 160)

0.918

Hospital stay (day)‡

11.0 (8.0 to 14.0)

13.0 (9.0 to 15.0)

0.239

AOS pain score†

   Preoperative

58.0 ± 14.3 (33.3 to 85.7)

54.7 ± 17.1 (21.4 to 82.9)

0.437

   Final

29.2 ± 20.4 (0.0 to 80.0)

24.4 ± 18.0 (0.0 to 71.4)

0.288

AOS disability score†

   Preoperative

68.8 ± 16.1 (21.1 to 95.6)

71.3 ± 16.9 (34.4 to 93.3)

0.558

   Final

37.6 ± 18.2 (6.7 to 80.0)

31.0 ± 19.4 (0.0 to 82.2)

0.148

  1. Abbreviations: AOS, Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale
  2. *The independent t test was used to analyze differences in duration of surgery, AOS pain and disability scores. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to analyze differences in hospital stay. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered significant
  3. †The values are given as the mean ± standard deviation, with the range in parentheses
  4. ‡The values are given as the median, with the interquartile range in parentheses
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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