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Table 3 Patient reported outcome (mean ± standard deviation) for medial and lateral posterior meniscal root repairs at follow-up. (ADL, activity of daily living; QoL,quality of life)

From: Lateral meniscal posterior root tears experience acceptable healing status after transtibial repair technique

 

Medial root repair(n = 18)

Lateral root repair(n = 17)

P-value*

KOOS Symptoms (± SD)

76.6 ± 16.9

79.2 ± 15.1

ns

KOOS Pain (± SD)

70.5 ± 26.1

83.3 ± 15.8

ns

KOOS ADL (± SD)

79.3 ± 24.0

91.9 ± 11.1

ns

KOOS Sports (± SD)

47.2 ± 26.2

59.7 ± 17.1

ns

KOOS QoL (± SD)

53.5 ± 24.8

60.7 ± 23.7

ns

Lysholm (± SD)

74.4 ± 18.5

79.2 ± 16.0

ns

Tegner (± SD)

2.3 ± 2.1

4.3 ± 2.0

< 0.05

GRoC Function (± SD)

4.1 ± 1.2

3.5 ± 1.3

ns

GRoC Pain (± SD)

4.2 ± 1.3

3.3 ± 1.2

< 0.05

  1. *Students t-test