Table 3. CSA results before and after treatment in patients without and with reactions.
| No reactions (31 patients) | Reactions (42 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±2.9 | 7.7±4.6 | 0.75 | 9.4±5.4 | 9.5±6.2 | 0.37 | |
| median | 6.2 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | |||
| Ulnar (Ut) | |||||||
| mean±SD | 10.3±6.4 | 9.1±4.7 | 0.18 | 10.8±5.7 | 9.3±4.9 | 0.62 | |
| median | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | |||
| Median | |||||||
| mean±SD | 8.0±4.7 | 7.5±3.1 | 0.66 | 9.0±4.8 | 9.9±5.2 | 0.88 | |
| median | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.7 | |||
| Common fibular | |||||||
| mean±SD | 16.3±10.1 | 15.8±7.0 | 0.36 | 16.5±7.6 | 17.6±7.6 | 0.12 | |
| median | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 16.0 | |||
| Left side | Ulnar (Upt) | ||||||
| mean±SD | 7.7±3.4 | 7.2±3.0 | 0.08 | 12.9±11.9 | 11.7±9.3 | 0.03* | |
| median | 7.4 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 7.9 | |||
| Ulnar (Ut) | |||||||
| mean±SD | 9.7±5.9 | 9.3±5.0 | 0.80 | 13.3±16.9 | 10.3±7.8 | 0.16 | |
| median | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | |||
| Median | |||||||
| mean±SD | 8.8±5.0 | 8.0±3.8 | 0.26 | 9.9±5.8 | 9.6±4.9 | 0.29 | |
| median | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 | |||
| Common fibular | |||||||
| mean±SD | 15.8±8.1 | 16.6±6.5 | 0.02* | 19.3±12.6 | 19.2±12.0 | 0.16 | |
| median | 13.8 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 16.7 | |||
CSA: cross-sectional area; SD: standard deviation; Upt: ulnar nerve, proximal to the cubital tunnel; Ut: ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel;
*: statistically significant.
Linear regression.