Table 2. CSA results before and after treatment in PB and MB patients.
| PB (9 patients) | MB (64 patients) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nerves | Pre-treatment CSA (mm2) | Post-treatment CSA (mm2) | p-value | Pre-treatment CSA (mm2) | Post-treatment CSA (mm2) | p-value | |
| Right side | Ulnar (Upt) | ||||||
| mean±SD | 6.8±1.6 | 6.4±1.2 | 0.50 | 8.5±4.9 | 9.0±5.9 | 0.60 | |
| median | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.0 | |||
| Ulnar (Ut) | |||||||
| mean±SD | 6.9±2.8 | 6.4±1.6 | 0.78 | 11.1±6.1 | 9.6±4.9 | 0.04* | |
| median | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 8.7 | |||
| Median | |||||||
| mean±SD | 6.1±1.6 | 6.0±1.8 | 0.77 | 8.9±4.9 | 9.2±4.7 | 0.98 | |
| median | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | |||
| Common fibular | |||||||
| mean±SD | 10.0±5.4 | 14.0±5.6 | 0.07 | 17.3±8.7 | 17.2±7.5 | 0.84 | |
| median | 9.6 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 | |||
| Left side | Ulnar (Upt) | ||||||
| mean±SD | 7.5±2.4 | 6.2±1.7 | 0.06 | 11.0±10.1 | 10.2±8.0 | 0.03* | |
| median | 6.1 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 7.0 | |||
| Ulnar (Ut) | |||||||
| mean±SD | 6.7±1.4 | 6.8±1.1 | 0.93 | 12.5±14.3 | 10.3±7.1 | 0.02* | |
| median | 7.0 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | |||
| Median | |||||||
| mean±SD | 6.3±0.9 | 5.9±1.0 | 0.54 | 9.8±5.7 | 9.3±4.7 | 0.04* | |
| median | 6.4 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |||
| Common fibular | |||||||
| mean±SD | 17.4±18.6 | 24.1±21.3 | <0.01* | 17.8±9.7 | 17.2±7.2 | 0.30 | |
| median | 10.6 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 16.0 | |||
CSA: cross-sectional area; SD: standard deviation; PB: paucibacillary patients; MB: multibacillary patients; Upt: ulnar nerve, proximal to the cubital tunnel; Ut: ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel;
*: statistically significant.
Linear regression.