Table 2.

A comparative overview of clinical and perioperative variables under investigation.

Variable	Group				p value
	Ia	Ib	IIa	IIb
Bleeding (mL)	31.35 ± 12.62	54.80 ± 17.04	28.73 ± 9.44	66.23 ± 20.95	<0.001
Follow-up (months)	38.58 ± 10.96	35.12 ± 14.20	36.21 ± 13.52	39.09 ± 11.38	0.634
Diameter of thigh (cm)	52.92 ± 3.59	62.41 ± 4.46	52.64 ± 5.89	63.82 ± 4.28	0.573
Diameter of calf (cm)	34.83 ± 4.00	44.59 ± 3.68	37.04 ± 5.37	43.82 ± 3.63	0.639
ES transfusion (units)	1.25 ± 0.61	2.06 ± 0.56	1.25 ± 0.70	2.36 ± 0.51	<0.001