Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Comparison of patient-reported outcome measures

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

	Preoperative			Postoperative
	Neutral alignment (n = 30)	Varus alignment (n = 42)	p-value	Neutral alignment (n = 30)	Varus alignment (n = 42)	p-value
FJS-12	17.9 ± 13.8	23.7 ± 17.6	0.16	57.3 ± 28.1	60.6 ± 28.4	0.52
KOOS
Pain	55.0 ± 16.4	53.9 ± 17.8	0.89	83.8 ± 15.3	87.5 ± 12.7	0.35
Symptoms	60.0 ± 19.9	58.1 ± 17.7	0.51	85.2 ± 12.8	86.6 ± 14.5	0.45
ADL	68.1 ± 17.2	66.5 ± 17.2	0.56	87.3 ± 13.8	90.7 ± 11.6	0.40
Sports	32.1 ± 22.5	32.7 ± 24.3	0.97	66.7 ± 26.8	70.5 ± 24.2	0.65
QOL	28.5 ± 19.5	31.7 ± 18.5	0.40	70.2 ± 23.0	70.8 ± 22.4	0.97

Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation
ADL Activities of daily living, FJS-12 Forgotten Joint Score, KOOS Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, QOL Quality of life

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