Research Article
Functional and Radiological Outcome Analysis of Osteoperiosteal Decortication Flap in Nonunion of Tibia
Table 7
Correlation analysis of NUSS versus RUST and LEFS at various follow-ups.
| NUSS vs. | RUST score | RUST (1st FU) | RUST (2nd FU) | RUST (3rd FU) | RUST (4th FU) |
| Spearman r | −0.2659 | −0.5558 | −0.7583 | −0.7951 | −0.5513 | 95% confidence interval | −0.561 to 0.0897 | −0.757 to −0.2584 | −0.8751 to −0.5579 | −0.8952 to −0.6186 | −0.8422 to −0.01182 | (two-tailed) | 0.1286 | 0.0006 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0444 |
| NUSS vs. | LEFS | LEFS (1st FU) | LEFS (2nd FU) | LEFS (3rd FU) | LEFS (4th FU) | Spearman r | 0.2862 | −0.5574 | −0.7145 | −0.7699 | −0.4016 | 95% confidence interval | −0.067 to 0.576 | −0.758 to −0.2605 | −0.8507 to −0.4884 | −0.8815 to −0.5767 | −0.7755 to 0.1809 | (two-tailed) | 0.1008 | 0.0006 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.1540 |
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Significant; Spearman r correlation. |