Research Article
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 |
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Significant; Student's t-test. |