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Time to heal (days) (n=35)
|
Sign
|
|---|
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Ulcer duration*
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Correlation §
|
.170
|
.329 §
|
|
Pre-operative treatment
|
Orthopedic shoes:
|
15 ± 10
|
.467 †
|
| |
Cast:
|
24 ± 17
| |
| |
Orthosis:
|
21 ± 3
| |
| |
Felt:
|
10 ± 4
| |
| |
None
|
28 ± 34
| |
|
Ulcer location †
|
Digit 1:
|
15 ± 6
|
.483 ζ
|
| |
Digit 2:
|
24 ± 17
| |
| |
Digit 3:
|
27 ± 43
| |
|
Ulcer classification ‡
|
1A:
|
13 ± 6
|
.042 ζ
|
| |
1B:
|
18 ± 9
| |
| |
3B:
|
33 ± 37
| |
- Note: Values are mean ± standard deviation; Cast = MAnning-Baal-ALmelo cast shoe;(11) sign. = significance; *: duration unknown for three ulcers; †: no difference between left and right is made; ‡ : ulcer classification = University of Texas Wound Classification system;(10) §: Spearman’s ρ; ζ: Kruskal-Wallis test.
