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

Table 3

A comparison of secondary outcomes of DF therapy after foot surgery among the study groups.

Evaluated parameters	Group R ()	Group W ()	Group WP ()	value
Reamputation (number/1 patient)
Major amputation (% of patients)	0	8.2^†	0
Rehospitalization (number/1 patient)
Rehospitalization stay (days)				NS

Data are presented as ; DF: diabetic foot; NS: nonsignificant; : value of significance 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, the Wilcoxon/Kruskal-Wallis tests; and nonparametric comparisons for all pairs based on the Steel-Dwass method; group W compared to group R; ^†group W compared to groups R and WP; ^‡group R compared to groups W and WP.