Table 3.

Results and p-values from Wilcoxon rank sum test of factors comparing TPLO-only (n = 57) and TPLO+ARS (n = 28) cases.

Factor	Mean	SDe	SEf	Median	25th	75th	p
					Pctileg	Pctileg
Weight (kg)a
TPLO-only	35.70	8.54	1.13	36.2	28.8	43.0	0.99
TPLO+ARS	37.00	13.03	2.46	36.0	27.5	43.2
Age (months)
TPLO-only	77.42	28.54	3.78	76.0	52.0	100.0	0.67
TPLO+ARS	74.64	31.02	5.86	63.0	52.8	102.5
Lameness duration (wks)b
TPLO-only	14.41	23.93	3.17	4.0	2.0	17.0	0.14
TPLO+ARS	8.23	13.39	2.53	4.0	1.1	8.0
Initial grade lameness
TPLO-only	3.28	1.05	0.14	3.0	3.0	4.0	0.31
TPLO+ARS	3.50	0.92	0.17	4.0	3.0	4.0
Pre-op TPA (ᴼ)c
TPLO-only	30.15	2.98	0.39	31.0	27.0	33.0	0.2
TPLO+ARS	31.09	3.41	0.64	30.5	28.3	35.0
Post-op TPA (ᴼ)c
TPLO-only	2.68	1.90	0.25	2.2	1.4	3.7	0.75
TPLO+ARS	2.72	1.81	0.35	3.0	1.4	3.8
Anesthesia time (min)d
TPLO-only	149.39	40.90	5.42	152.0	132.5	170.5	0.01
TPLO+ARS	180.82	44.81	8.47	175.0	146.0	196.0
Surgery time (min)d
TPLO-only	58.60	14.54	1.93	58.0	46.5	69.5	< 0.001
TPLO+ARS	77.50	19.20	3.63	76.5	65.3	91.0
1st radiographic recheck (wks)b
TPLO-only	8.74	1.33	0.18	8.0	8.0	9.0	0.6
TPLO+ARS	8.96	1.45	0.27	9.0	8.0	9.0
Bone healing on radiographs
TPLO-only	3.71	0.46	0.06	4.0	3.0	4.0	0.03
TPLO+ARS	3.89	0.42	0.08	4.0	4.0	4.0
8-wksb grade lameness
TPLO-only	0.71	0.84	0.11	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.62
TPLO+ARS	0.56	0.66	0.13	0.5	0.0	1.0
Last phone call (days)b
TPLO-only	628.70	170.85	22.63	648.0	511.0	799.5	0.1
TPLO+ARS	578.93	175.20	35.57	616.5	360.3	751.3

^akilogram.

^bweeks.

^cpreoperative and postoperative tibial-plateau-angle.

^dminutes.

^estandard deviation.

^fstandard error of the mean.

^gpercentile.