| | |
Not healed (n=3)
|
Healed (n=35)
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Ulcer duration* (days)
|
Mean±SD
|
131±175
|
93±108
|
.828 ‡
|
|
(range)
|
(23–333)
|
(9–525)
|
|
Pre-operative treatment
|
Orthopedic shoe:
|
1
|
9
|
.711 §
|
|
Cast:
|
1
|
2
|
|
Orthosis:
|
0
|
4
|
|
Felt:
|
0
|
2
|
|
None
|
1
|
18
|
|
Ulcer location †
|
Digit 1:
|
2
|
10
|
.178 §
|
|
Digit 2:
|
1
|
14
|
|
Digit 3:
|
0
|
11
|
|
Ulcer classification ‡
|
1A:
|
0
|
14
|
.259 §
|
|
1B:
|
0
|
6
|
| |
3B:
|
3
|
15
| |
- Note: Values are n or as indicated; OS = orthopaedic shoes; Cast shoe = MAnning-Baal-ALmelo cast shoe; [11]; sign. = significance; *: duration unknown for three healed ulcers; †: no difference between left and right is made; ‡: ulcer classification = University of Texas Wound Classification system; [10]; ‡: Mann–Whitney U test; §: Fisher’s Exact test.
