Clinical Study
Radiographic Outcomes of Percutaneous Pinning for Displaced Extra-Articular Fractures of the Distal Radius: A Time Course Study
Table 4
Group comparison of time-dependent change of radiographic parameters after fracture fixation.
| Variables | Group 1 | Group 2 | values† | () | () |
| RHa (mm) (mean, SD) | | | | Post-M1 | 0.72 (0.96) | 1.10 (1.63) | 0.292 | M1-M2 | 0.24 (0.77) | 0.28 (0.69) | 0.882 | M2-M3 | 0.04 (0.52) | 0.08 (0.46) | 0.723 | RIb (degree) (mean, SD) | | | | Post-M1 | 0.98 (2.00) | 1.60 (3.02) | 0.354 | M1-M2 | 0.17 (1.23) | 0.24 (1.10) | 0.798 | M2-M3 | −0.04 (0.79) | 0.07 (0.85) | 0.557 | RTc (degree) (mean, SD) | | | | Post-M1 | 3.06 (6.51) | 6.43 (6.02) | 0.028* | M1-M2 | 0.63 (1.89) | 1.75 (2.57) | 0.047* | M2-M3 | 0.09 (1.34) | 0.21 (1.24) | 0.547 | UVd (mm) (mean, SD) | | | | Post-M1 | −0.98 (1.25) | −1.36 (1.23) | 0.237 | M1-M2 | −0.55 (0.76) | −0.35 (0.65) | 0.227 | M2-M3 | −0.34 (0.78) | −0.14 (0.47) | 0.144 |
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Wilcoxon rank sum test, unless otherwise stated.
*The difference is significant ().
aRH: radial height; bRI: radial inclination; cRT: radial tilt; dUV: ulnar variance; e: change of . M: months after the index surgery.
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