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Table 1 The relationship between gender and stump problems

From: Surgical revision for stump problems after traumatic above-ankle amputations of the lower extremity

Gender

Cases

Timea

Excess soft tissue

Scar

Ulcer

Neuroma

Spur

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Male

47

1.10 ± 0.56

24(30.0)

42(52.5)

14(17.5)

38(47.5)

56(70.0)

Female

25

1.06 ± 0.68

8(7.8)

17(13.65)

7(4.55)

13(12.35)

17(18.2)

Statistics

 

0.455

0.011

2.564

2.369

0.097

0.391

P value

 

0.650

0.917

0.109

0.124

0.750

0.532

  1. aMean months from primary amputation to stump revision, logarithmic transformation was performed to obtain normal distribution.