Table 1 Demographics and baseline statistics

Age^a (years)

66.09 ± 6.20

66.80 ± 5.44

64.36 ± 8.09

0.540

Gender^c: male (%)

8(25)

11(31)

8(24)

0.763

Side^c: right (%)

17(53)

21(49)

20(61)

0.605

BMI^a (kg/m²)

26.58 ± 4.04

27.15 ± 2.99

27.33 ± 3.21

0.659

Charlson Comorbidity Index^b

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

0.921

Diabetes mellitus^c (%)

2(6)

4(11)

4(12)

0.767

Hypertension disease^c (%)

12(38)

17(49)

19(58)

0.268

Smoking (%)

7(22)

4(11)

1(3)

0.060

Length of wound^a (cm)

14.81 ± 1.54

15.45 ± 1.20

15.44 ± 1.27

0.079

Tourniquet time^a (min)

66.00 ± 12.04

72.31 ± 16.60

74.18 ± 16.83

0.091