Table 1.
operative time, patients satisfaction score according to cosmesis, pain, healing time, limitation of activity, wound care and incidence of SSI
| Variables | PC | CPA | t-test | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Operative time (hours) | 1.25 | 0.13 | 1.20 | 0.07 | 1.446 | 0.153 |
| Cosmesis | 3.21 | 0.73 | 4.78 | 0.42 | -11.765 | 0.000 |
| Pain | 3.27 | 0.87 | 4.61 | 0.49 | -8.508 | 0.000 |
| Healing time | 3.21 | 0.85 | 3.39 | 0.49 | -1.144 | 0.255 |
| Limitation of activity | 3.33 | 0.88 | 3.56 | 0.50 | -1.390 | 0.168 |
| Wound care | 3.03 | 0.80 | 4.61 | 0.49 | -10.737 | 0.000 |
| PC (16/66) | CPA (0/36) | Chi-square value | p-value | |||
| Surgical site infection (SSI) | 24% | 0% | 5.175 | 0.039 | ||