Table 1.
Comparisons.
A: Symptom severity mean (SD) scores.
| Guo et al |
Trumble et al34 |
Statistical significance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postoperative interval | TCTR Mean (SD) | Cases | Endoscopic 97 cases | Open 95 cases |
P value |
Note | |
| Vs endoscopic | Vs open | ||||||
| 0 day | 3.19 (0.71) | 159 | 3.2 (0.14) | 3.1 (0.13) | >.05 | >.05 | |
| 1 day | 1.67 (0.48) | 159 | <.001 | <.001 | Vs Trumble’s data for 52 weeks | ||
| 1 to 2 weeks | 1.64 (0.44) One week |
154 | 2.3 (0.15) Two weeks |
3.1 (0.15) Two weeks |
<.001 | <.001 | Vs Trumble’s data for 2 weeks |
| 4 weeks | 1.48 (0.42) | 135 | 2.0 (1.4) | 3.0 (0.12) | <.001 | <.001 | |
| 8 weeks | 1.9 (0.12) | 2.7 (0.13) | |||||
| 12 weeks | 1.39 (0.73) | 111 | 1.8 (0.14) | 2.5 (0.11) | <.001 | <.001 | |
| 26 weeks | 1.19 (0.51) | 96 | 1.7 (0.13) | 1.8 (0.1) | <.001 | <.001 | |
| 52 weeks | 1.14 (0.30) | 41 | 1.8 (0.15) | 1.8 (0.1) | <.001 | <.001 | |