Table 3 Comparison between the postoperative posterior tibial slopes measured on the 3D models where the anteriorly inclined osteotomy and pairwise comparison.

From: Effect of the sagittal osteotomy inclination angle on the posterior tibial slope change in high tibial osteotomy: three-dimensional simulation study

Posterior tibial slopea

10°

15°

20°

25°

30°

p valueb

8.9 ± 3.3

9.1 ± 3.4

9.6 ± 3.4

10.1 ± 3.5

10.6 ± 3.6

10.9 ± 3.6

11.3 ± 3.6

 < 0.001

Pairwise Comparisonc

 

 > 0.999

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 > 0.999

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

10°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

15°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.001

 

0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

20°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.001

 

0.002

 < 0.001

25°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.002

 

0.005

30°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.005

 

  1. aThe values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. bAnalyzed by repeated measured analysis of variance (ANOVA).
  3. cAdjusted p value obtained by Bonferroni correction.