The accuracy of a newly developed guide system in medial meniscus posterior root repair: a comparison between two aiming guides

Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

	UMR guide	MMPRT guide	P value
Number of patients	19	19
Gender, men/women	7/12	8/11
Root tear classification
Types 1/2/3/4/5	0/16/0/3/0	0/17/0/2/0
Kellgren-Lawrence grade
Grades 0/I/II/III/IV	0/4/15/0/0	0/7/12/0/0
Age, years	61.8 ± 8.7	64.5 ± 9.1	0.184
Height, m	1.58 ± 0.10	1.61 ± 0.11	0.225
Body weight, kg	67.7 ± 17.4	68.8 ± 17.7	0.420
Body mass index, kg/m²	26.6 ± 4.2	26.1 ± 3.7	0.355
Femorotibial angle, °	177.6 ± 1.5	177.0 ± 1.1	0.083
Duration from injury to surgery, days	79.0 ± 70.4	90.1 ± 67.6	0.323

Data of age, height, body weight, body mass index, and femorotibial angle are displayed as a mean ± standard deviation. UMR Unicorn Meniscal Root, MMPRT medial meniscus posterior root tear

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