Follow-up | Mean (SD) tenderness (Pain at palpation, kg) | t | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Group I | Group II | |||
Preoperation | 1.80 (0.59) | 1.89 (0.53) | 0.307 | 0.518 |
1Â week | 3.53 (0.93) | 3.39 (0.92) | 0.103 | 0.549 |
6Â weeks | 4.81 (0.60) | 4.50 (0.57)* | 0.269 | 0.029 |
24 weeks | 5.50 (0.55) | 4.93 (0.54)* | 0.338 |  < 0.0001 |
48 weeks | 5.53 (0.53) | 4.98 (0.50)* | 0.963 |  < 0.0001 |