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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 10 Pain scores stratified by the number of SVF cells

From: Cartilage lesion size and number of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells strongly influenced the SVF implantation outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis

 

Number of SVF cells

 < 7.0 × 107

(n = 12)

7.0 × 107–8.0 × 107 (n = 25)

 ≥ 8.0 × 107

(n = 6)

P value*

VAS

 Baseline

79.1 ± 9.2

79.5 ± 6.0

77.4 ± 6.4

n.s

 1 month

44.8 ± 8.1

42.8 ± 7.7

44.2 ± 13.3

n.s

 3 months

45.8 ± 8.8

42.2 ± 8.1

43.4 ± 14.8

n.s

 6 months

40.0 ± 7.6

40.5 ± 7.0

39.4 ± 16.8

n.s

 12 months

39.3 ± 6.9

35.9 ± 6.3

28.9 ± 6.1

0.022

  1. Data are presented as means ± standard deviation
  2. SVF Stromal vascular fraction, VAS Visual analogue scale
  3. *Kruskal–Wallis test
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