The Superiority of Removable Contact Splints in the Healing of Diabetic Foot during Postoperative Care

Table 1

A comparison of basic characteristics among the study groups.

Evaluated parameters	Group R ()	Group W ()	Group WP ()	value
Age (years)
Diabetes duration (years)				NS
HbA1c (%/mmol/mol)				NS
BMI (kg·m^-2)				NS
Haemodialysis (% of patients)	8.1	11.5	17.2	NS
Organ transplantation (% of patients)	16.2	8.2	6.9	NS
Peripheral arterial disease (% of patients)	51	78.7^†	69
TcPO2 (mmHg)				NS
Osteomyelitis (% of patients)	70.3	62.3	82.8	NS
Outpatient/inpatient procedures (%/% of patients)	0/100^‡	13.1/86.9	34.5/65.5
Revascularisation during follow-up (% of patients)	13.5	31.2	27.6	NS

Data are presented as ; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin values according to DCCT/IFCC; BMI: body mass index; TcPO₂: transcutaneous oxygen pressure; NS: nonsignificant; : value of significance compared among the study groups (group R: patients treated by a combination of a wheelchair plus a removable contact splint, group W: wheelchair only, and group WP: wheelchair plus a removable device) detected by one-way ANOVA, comparisons of all pairs based on Turkey-Kramer analysis, contingency analysis, and the Cochran-Armitage trend test; group R vs. other study groups; ^†group W compared to group R; ^‡group R compared to group WP.