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Table 4 Radiographic evaluation before and after surgery

From: The difficulty of continuing sports activities after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy in patient with medial knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective case series at 2-year-minimum follow-up

 

Group C (n = 10)

Group P (n = 25)

P value

WBL ratio

 Pre-surgery

29.7 ± 8.5

24.0 ± 11.1

0.145

 Post-surgery

57.2 ± 8.3

58.6 ± 5.9

0.510

 Final follow-up

54.5 ± 8.8

56.7 ± 5.5

0.423

HKA

 Pre-surgery

-4.2 ± 2.4

-4.8 ± 2.7

0.111

 Post-surgery

2.7 ± 1.9

3.0 ± 1.7

0.899

 Final follow-up

2.1 ± 1.8

2.9 ± 1.4

0.687

FTA

 Pre-surgery

179.4 ± 2.3

180.1 ± 3.1

0.185

 Post-surgery

172.3 ± 2.2

171.6 ± 2.0

0.786

 Final follow-up

172.7 ± 2.1

171.9 ± 1.9

0.614

JLCA

 Pre-surgery

2.1 ± 0.9

2.8 ± 1.7

0.476

 Post-surgery

1.2 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 1.2

0.363

 Final follow-up

1.5 ± 0.9

1.3 ± 0.9

0.721

MPTA

 Pre-surgery

84.6 ± 1.4

85.3 ± 2.0

0.282

 Post-surgery

90.3 ± 1.6

90.8 ± 1.3

0.474

 Final follow-up

90.3 ± 1.3

90.0 ± 2.0

0.868

  1. Group C: Complete return to sports and maintain sports activity levels post-surgery by the time of final follow-up
  2. Group P: Partially return to sports and continue to sports activity at a reduced level from post-surgery
  3. Values are presented as mean ± SD
  4. WBL ratio Weight-bearing line ratio, HKA Hip-knee-ankle angle, FTA Femoro-tibial angle, JLCA Joint line convergence angle, MPTA Medial proximal tibial angle