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Table 1 Demographic and radiological data

From: Open-wedge high tibial osteotomy with a slight valgus correction from neutral limb alignment achieves clinical improvements comparable with those for knees with varus deformity

 

Neutral alignment (n = 30)

Varus alignment (n = 42)

p-value

Age, years, mean ± SD

54.8 ± 5.7

59.6 ± 8.6

0.01

Male sex, n (%)

12 (40.0)

18 (42.8)

1.00

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

16, 8, 6, 0

18, 12, 10, 2

0.68

Body mass index, mean ± SD

25.4 ± 4.2

25.5 ± 4.0

0.78

Right side affected, n (%)

15 (50.0)

18 (42.8)

0.63

Preoperative ROM, (°), mean ± SD

132.6 ± 15.4

134.3 ± 10.9

0.95

Postoperative ROM, (°), mean ± SD

142.2 ± 7.0

142.4 ± 5.4

0.83

Follow-up, months, median [range]

24.0 [24.0–41.3]

26.0 [24.0–36.0]

0.66

Preoperative UCLA, median [range]

6 [4-9]

6 [4.75–8]

0.95

Preoperative HKA, mean ± SD

182.3 ± 1.2

185.5 ± 1.3

< 0.0001

Postoperative HKA, mean ± SD

176.5 ± 1.2

177.0 ± 1.5

0.08

Correction angle, mean ± SD

5.7 ± 1.8

8.5 ± 1.8

< 0.0001

Concurrent arthroscopic procedures, n (%)

Meniscus repair: 9 (30.0)

Meniscus resection: 21 (70.0)

Meniscus repair: 10 (23.8)

Meniscus resection: 32 (76.2)

0.59

  1. HKA Hip-knee-ankle angle, K/L Kellgren-Lawrence, ROM Range of motion, SD Standard deviation, UCLA University of California, Los Angeles
  2. Bold values denote statistically significant differences between the alignment groups