Table 6.

Affect of each type of pain and imaging findings on the surgical decision

Category	Type	Pearson R	p value
Pain	Pain, general	0.425	0.003*
	Aggravating pain	0.849	0.000*
	Initiating pain	0.871	0.000*
	Weightbearing pain	0.540	0.000*
	Resting or positional pain	0.176	0.237
Image finding	Lesion size	−0.123	0.411
	Cortical thickness involved	0.447	0.002*
	Cortical circumference involved	−0.117	0.435
	Sclerotic margin	−0.330	0.023*

* p < 0.05.