Table 1.

Inter- and intragroup comparison of the mean surface area at baseline and one-week post-operation with ruler and digital planimetry methods.

Type of Methods	Baseline	One-Week Post- Operation	p-Value
Ruler Method	47.05 ± 18.01	18.61 ± 8.12	<0.001 PT *
Digital Planimetry Method	27.74 ± 8.90	10.40 ± 5.03	<0.001 PT *
p-value	<0.001 WT *	<0.001 WT *	-

Abbreviations: WT, Welch’s t test; PT, paired t test; * indicates statistical significance.