Functional and Radiological Outcome Analysis of Osteoperiosteal Decortication Flap in Nonunion of Tibia

Table 3

Comparison of LEFS at serial follow-up.

LEFS score	Group A NUSS (1–25) [n = 14]		Group B NUSS (25–50) [n = 10]		Group C NUSS (51–75) [n = 10]
	95.00% CI of diff.	value	95.00% CI of diff.	value	95.00% CI of diff.	value
Pre-op vs. 3 months	−26.4 to −9.741	<0.0001	−18.74 to 7.139	0.7083	−15.36 to 5.565	0.6740
3 months vs. 6 months	−31.12 to −14.46	<0.0001	−30.94 to −5.061	0.0024	−20.66 to 0.265	0.0593
6 months vs. 9 months	−30.18 to −13.52	<0.0001	−35.84 to −9.961	<0.0001	−23.66 to −2.735	0.0070
9 months vs. 12 months	−25.98 to −9.321	<0.0001	−31.64 to −5.761	0.0015	−51.96 to −31.04	<0.0001

Significant; Student's t-test.