The Feasibility of 3D Printing Technology on the Treatment of Pilon Fracture and Its Effect on Doctor-Patient Communication

Table 3

Comparison of functional outcomes between the two groups.

	Conventional group	3D printing group	or	value
Follow-up time (month)	19.9 ± 3.3	20.5 ± 3.7	0.916	0.362
Ankle dorsiflexion (°)	14.2 ± 5.0	15.1 ± 4.8	0.830	0.409
Ankle plantarflexion (°)	25.9 ± 8.7	27.4 ± 8.5	0.857	0.394
VAS score	2.9 ± 1.2	2.6 ± 0.9	1.239	0.218
AOFAS score	84.7 ± 9.0	87.4 ± 8.7	1.456	0.149
Excellent	23	24	0.273	0.602
Good	14	18	1.208	0.272
Fair	8	2	2.454	0.117
Poor	3	1	0.198	0.656
Rate of excellent and good outcome (%)	77.1%	93.3%	4.796	0.029

value for continuity-corrected chi-squared test.