Table 1.

Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics of each group

	Group I (n=25)	Group II (n=25)	p value
Age#(in years)	37.32 (7.52)	39.04 (6.67)	0.3965 (NS)
Sex*(males/females)	17/8	14/11	0.2268 (NS)
Laterality* (Right/Left)	21/4	23/2	0.1404 (NS)
Mean duration of symptoms# (in weeks)	4.4 (2.38)	4.48 (1.82)	0.8944 (NS)
Mean VAS Score#	6.2 (1.61)	5.88 (1.83)	0.5147 (NS)
Mean Nirschl stage #	4.84 (0.94)	4.52 (1.23)	0.3065 (NS)

*chi square test, ^#unpaired t test, NS – not significant.