Table 2. - Length, width and thickness of the splenic poles at the beginning and end of the experiment.
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| L | 7.46 ± 1.27 | 10.56 ± 1.56 | <0.0001 | 8.02 ± 1.01 | 8.06 ± 2.65 | 0.83 | ||||
| W | 7.13 ± 1.04 | 7.26 ± 1.17 | 0.70 | 8.30 ± 0.99 | 7.73 ± 2.51 | 0.30 | ||||
| T | 3.90 ± 0.98 | 4.30 ± 0.75 | 0.21 | 3.70 ± 0.45 | 3.60 ± 1.33 | 0.76 | ||||
L – Length, W - Width, T - Thickness. MA - Mean Arithmetic. SD - Standard Deviation. Student’s t-test for related samples. p <0.05 significant.