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Table 1 Up to 11 years follow-up on HemiCAP/ UniCAPs in elder patients > 65 years, with high significant improvements in pain- and function-scores

From: A longterm prospective follow-up study of resurfacing miniprosthesis suitable for patients above sixtyfive years with localized cartilage lesions or early osteoarthritis in the knee

 

Pre-op

follow-up

Comparison

n

Median

Range

n

Median

Range

p-value*

BMI

23

28

+/− 3.7

10

29

+/− 3.8

ns

KSS

 - Objective

23

50

+/− 8.3

10

90

+/− 6.3

p < 0.01

 - Function

23

45

+/−11.7

10

85

+/− 4.7

p < 0.01

Pain score

23

7

+/− 0.9

10

4

+/−1.9

P < 0.01

KL score

 - Medial

23

2.0

+/− 0.6

10

2.5

+/− 0.5

p < 0.01

 - Lateral

23

1.4

+/− 0.6

10

2.0

+/− 0.9

p < 0.01

  1. KSS Knee Society Scores, BMI Body mass index, KL Kellgren-Lawence, ns Not significant
  2. * Wilcoxon signed-rank test