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Table 7 Pain and MOCART scores stratified by lesion location

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

 

Lesion location

Medial femoral condyle (n = 41)

Lateral femoral condyle (n = 16)

Trochlea (n = 6)

P value*

VAS

 Baseline

78.5 ± 7.1

77.1 ± 6.0

81.0 ± 6.7

n.s

 1 month

46.7 ± 7.2

45.5 ± 7.7

50.4 ± 6.8

n.s

 3 months

46.2 ± 8.1

44.7 ± 10.0

48.3 ± 8.5

n.s

 6 months

41.5 ± 7.6

38.0 ± 10.9

44.8 ± 11.4

n.s

 12 months

37.1 ± 7.2

33.5 ± 6.9

34.7 ± 8.0

n.s

MOCART

70.6 ± 10.7

75.6 ± 10.5

75.8 ± 12.4

n.s

  1. Data are presented as means ± standard deviation
  2. MOCART Magnetic resonance observation of cartilage repair tissue, VAS Visual analogue scale
  3. *Kruskal–Wallis test