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Table 2 Relation between healing after flexor tenotomy and ulcer characteristics

From: The effect of flexor tenotomy on healing and prevention of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers on the distal end of the toe

  

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

 
  1. 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.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

ISSN: 1757-1146