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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: High tibial osteotomy for medial meniscus posterior root tears in knees with moderate varus alignment can achieve favorable clinical outcomes

 

Moderate varus alignment

(n = 11)

Varus alignment

(n = 11)

p-value

Age, years, mean ± SD

54.8 ± 6.7

59.4 ± 9.4

0.23

Male sex, n (%)

3 (27.2)

2 (18.1)

1.00

K/L grade, 1,2,3,4

6,4,1,0

2,2,6,0

0.03

Body mass index, mean ± SD

24.9 ± 2.9

27.1 ± 6.4

0.57

Right side affected, n (%)

8 (72.7)

4 (36.3)

0.19

Diagnosis, OA, n (%)

11 (100)

10 (90.9)

1.00

Surgical procedure (OWHTO, %)

9 (81.8)

8 (72.7)

1.00

Pre-HKA angle

2.4 ± 1.3°

5.8 ± 1.6°

<  0.0001

Post-HKA angle

−3.7 ± 0.9°

−2.7 ± 2.2°

0.18

ΔHKA

6.1 ± 1.8°

8.5 ± 3.1°

0.10

MME (mm)

4.3 ± 0.8

4.9 ± 1.1

0.17

  1. BMI Body mass index, HKA Hip-knee-ankle, K/L grade, Kellgren-Lawrence OA grade, MME Medial meniscus extrusion, OA Osteoarthritis, OWHTO Open-wedge high tibial osteotomy, Post Postoperative, Pre Preoperative; SD Standard deviation