Table 3.

Distance between the fascial margins with defined traction in cm. Mean values and standard deviation and median (in bracket) for both groups and p-values for sub-group comparison

		Baseline			24 h			48 h
		FPD	Control	p	FPD	Control	p	FPD	Control	p
5 N	Cranial	±0.2 (1.05)	0.7 ± 0.6 (0.5)	0.006	2.0 ± 0.2 (2.05)	2.7 ± 0.8 (2.35)	0.074	4.0 ± 0.8 (4.1)	4.9 ± 1.8 (4.1)	0.367
	Central	1.8 ± 0.9 (1.65)	1.8 ± 0.9 (1.7)	0.938	3.0 ± 0.6 (3.1)	4.4 ± 1.0 (3.8)	0.005	5.6 ± 1.1 (6)	6.7 ± 1.5 (6)	0.137
	Caudal	0.9 ± 0.6 (0)	0.9 ± 0.6 (0.8)	0.091	1.6 ± 0.9 (2.05)	2.8 ± 1.0 (2.6)	0.020	3.6 ± 1.0 (3)	5.0 ± 1.6 (4.5)	0.013
10 N	Cranial	±0.1 (0.0)	0.1 ± 0.1 (0)	0.888	0.4 ± 0.3 (0.55)	1.1 ± 1.1 (0.6)	0.372	2.6 ± 1.0 (2.9)	3.5 ± 1.9 (2.6)	0.367
	Central	0.3 ± 0.6 (0.0)	0.2 ± 0.5 (0)	0.938	0.8 ± 0.6 (1.1)	2.5 ± 1.2 (1.85)	< 0.001	3.5 ± 1.4 (4)	4.7 ± 1.7 (4.2)	0.106
	Caudal	±0.0 (0.0)	0.2 ± 0.3 (0)	0.406	0.4 ± 0.4 (0.45)	1.1 ± 1.0 (0.8)	0.029	1.6 ± 1.1 (1.4)	3.2 ± 1.6 (2.6)	0.002
15 N	Cranial	±0.0 (0.0)	0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0)	1.000	0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0)	0.4 ± 0.8 (0.0)	0.888	1.5 ± 1.1 (2)	2.5 ± 2.1 (1.6)	0.345
	Central	±0.0 (0.0)	0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0)	1.000	0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0)	0.7 ± 1.0 (0.35)	0.001	2.0 ± 1.5 (2.7)	3.1 ± 1.8 (2.4)	0.174
	Caudal	0.0 ±0.0 (0.0)	0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0)	1.000	0.0 ± 0.0 (0.0)	0.4 ± 0.5 (0.0)	0.091	0.7 ± 1.0 (0.2)	2.0 ± 1.8 (1.5)	0.010

Data in bold are significant p-values