Table 3.

Comparison of efficacy of medicament in the elimination of microbes after 3, 6, and 9 weeks of placement of medicament and clinical and radiological signs after 3 and 6 weeks of placement of medicament between TAP group and DAP group using Chi-square test

At 9 weeks					At 6 weeks						At 3 weeks
Group	Nil		Group IV streptococci		Coagulase-negative staphylococci		Candida			Nil		S. aureus			Nil
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	p value	N	%	N	%	p value	N	%
TAP N = 10	6	60	2	20	1	10	1	10	0.407	10	100	0	0	0.908	10	100
DAP N = 8	6	75	2	25	0	0	0	0		7	87.5	1	12.5		8	100
	Clinical signs at 3 weeks						Radiological signs at 3 weeks					Radiological signs at 6 weeks
	Yes			No			Yes			No		Yes		No
Group	N		%	N	%		N		%	N	%	N	%	N		%
TAP N = 10 0	0		10	100	2		20		8	80	0.769	0	0	10		100
DAP N = 8 0	0		8	100	3		37.		5	62.5		0	0	8		100