Table I.

Patients demographics, clinical results and complications between ECTR and OCTR groups.

		ECTR				OCTR
		Mean±sd/n-%			Median	Mean±sd/n-%			Median	p
Age		51.4	±	7.8	53.0	51.6	±	7.9	52.5	0.873	m
Sex	Female	36		66.7%		36		72.0%		0,556	X2
	Male	18		33.3%		14		28.0%
Side	Left	22		40.7%		19		38.0%		0,775	X2
	Right	32		59.3%		31		62.0%
Complaint period (months)		24.0	±	10.9	24.0	24.8	±	10.9	24.0	0.612	m
Operation time (minute)		18.2	±	2.3	18.0	18.5	±	2.5	18.0	0.624	m
Incision length (mm)		10.0	±	1.1	10.0	37.7	±	3.3	38.0	0.000	m
CTS-SSS
Preoperative		3.2	±	0..4	3..2	3..2	±	0..3	3..2	0..990	m
Postoperative		1.4	±	0..3	1..3	1..3	±	0..2	1..3	0..735	m
Intra group p		0,000			w	0.000		w
CTS-FSS
Preoperative		2,2	±	0.3	2.2	2.2	±	0.3	2.2	0.498	m
Postoperative		1,2	±	0.2	1.2	1.1	±	0.1	1.2	0.563	m
Intra group p		0,000			w	0.000		w
Pillar Pain 3 Months	(-)	50		92.6%		42		84.0%		0.171	X2
	(+)	4		7.4%		8			16.0%
Pillar Pain 6 Months	(-)	52		96.3%		44		88.0%		0.113	X2
	(+)	2		3.7%		6			12.0%
Pillar Pain Last Follow-up	(-)	54		100%		47		94.0%		0.108	X2
	(+)	0		0.0%		3			6.0%
Complication	(-)	51		94.4%		49		98.0%		0.619	X2
	(+)	3		5.6%		1			2.0%
Return to work (day)		17,6	±	14.5	15.0	21.6	±	5.3	21.0	0.000	m
Return to Daily Life (day)		10,9	±	4.0	10.0	14.1	±	4.0	14.0	0.000	m
Follow-up time (months)		18,0	±	4.5	17.0	18.0	±	4.2	17.0	0.888	m
Satisfaction
Dissatisfied		2		3.7%		2		4.0%		0.626	X2
Rather Satisfied		6		11,1%		8			16,0%
Very Satisfied		21		38,9%		23			46,0%
Completely Satisfied		25		46,3%		17			34,0%

^mMann-Whitney u test / ^X²Chi-square test(Fischer test)