TABLE 1.

Comparison of hand appearance between two groups (x ± s)

Group	n	Time	Blood vessel distribution	Skin thickness	Flexibility	Colour
Study	32	3 months PP	2.14 ± 0.34	2.46 ± 0.28	3.82 ± 0.48	2.36 ± 0.17
		6 months PP	1.06 ± 0.32	1.33 ± 0.38	2.01 ± 0.23	1.93 ± 0.23
Control	32	3 months PP	2.13 ± 0.35	2.48 ± 0.29	3.81 ± 0.46	2.35 ± 0.16
		6 months PP	1.07 ± 0.33	1.34 ± 0.41	2.03 ± 0.30	2.32 ± 0.43
t			0.116	−0.281	0.085	0.072
P			.908	.780	.933	.943
t #			13.085	13.542	19.237	1.619
P #			<.001	<.001	<.001	.114
t *			12.465	13.718	18.335	0.370
P *			<.001	<.001	<.001	.713
t *#			−0.123	−0.101	−0.299	−1.409
P *#			.902	.920	.766	.164

Abbreviations: PP, post operation; t P, comparison of two groups 3 months after operation; t ^# P ^#, comparison of 3 and 6 months after operation in the study group; t ^* P ^*, comparison of 3 and 6 months after operation in the control group; t ^*# P ^*#, comparison of two groups 3 months after operation.