26 June 2024 : Clinical Research
Anterior Plate-Supported Cannulated Screw Surgery for Ankle Arthrodesis: Clinical and Radiologic Results in Patients with Trauma-Related End-Stage Ankle Osteoarthritis
Mehmet Yiğit Gökmen
1ABCDEF*, Mesut Uluöz 1ABCDEF, Turan Cihan Dülgeroğlu2ABCDEF
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944452
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944452
Table 2 Important features of cases and their association with the presence of complications.
| Presence of complications: No (n=23) | Presence of complications: Yes (n=7) | p# | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 8 (33.3) | 5 (71.4) | 0.087 |
| Female | 16 (66.7) | 2 (28.6) | |
| Bone union rates | |||
| Good | 23 (95.8) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Delayed | 1 (4.2) | 2 (28.6) | ** |
| Nonunion | – | 2 (28.6) | |
| Smoking | 1 (4.2) | 6 (85.7) | ** |
| Comorbidities | 3 (12.5) | – | 0.450 |
| Autograft usage | 8 (33.3) | 2 (28.6) | 0.813 |
| ## | |||
| Age (year) | 56.7±13.8 (59) | 51.3±14.9 (47) | 0.287 |
| Preoperative VAS | 7.83±1.8 (8) | 8.71±1.1 (9) | 0.233 |
| Postoperative VAS | 0.63±0.7 (0.5) | 2.43±2.2 (1) | * |
| Delta (Δ) VAS | 7.20±1.9 (7.5) | 6.29±2.9 (7) | 0.550 |
| Preoperatvie MS | 22.3±5.7 (22.5) | 21.1±6.6 (22) | 0.812 |
| Postoperative MS | 40.2±1.3 (41) | 37.1±2.9 (36) | * |
| Delta (Δ) MS | −17.9±5.8 (−17) | −16.0±9.5 (−14) | 0.421 |
| Bone union time (week) | 11.7±1.3 (11.5) | 19.8±12.1 (15) | 0.110 |
| Hospitalization time | 1.79±0.6 (2) | 1.57±0.5 (2) | 0.394 |
| Surgery time (minute) | 70.5±10.3 (70) | 72.0±7.6 (70) | 0.721 |
| # -value was calculated using the Chi-square test, and ## -value value was obtained using the Whitney U test. Significant at * p ** p Delta (Δ): Difference between postoperative – preoperative (change); VAS – Visual Analogue Scale; MS – Maryland Score. | |||