Table 1.
VSS Before and After Treatment for Each Group of the Studied Cases
| Group I No. = 15 |
Group II No. = 15 |
Group III No. = 15 |
Test value | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSS before | Median (IQR) | 8 (6 – 11) | 10 (7 – 11) | 8 (8 – 11) | 1.546 | 0.462 (NS) |
| Range | 4 – 13 | 6 – 13 | 5 – 14 | |||
| VSS after | Median (IQR) | 4 (3 – 8) | 5 (4 – 8) | 8 (5 – 9) | 5.551 | 0.062 (NS) |
| Range | 1 – 9 | 2 – 10 | 3 – 12 | |||
| Differences | Mean ±SD | −3.40 ± 1.18 | −3.73 ± 1.58 | −1.73 ± 1.33 | 13.789 | 0.001 (HS) |
| Range | −5 – −2 | −7 – −2 | −4 – 1 | |||
| Willcoxon Rank test | −3.436 | −3.437 | −3.151 | |||
| P | 0.001 (HS) | 0.001 (HS) | 0.002 (HS) | |||
VSS = Vancouver Scar Scale; No = number; IQR= interquartile range; NS= Non significant; S= Significant; HS= highly significant; SD= standard deviation.