Table 2 Comparison of preoperative and 1-year postoperative clinical scores between UHMWPE sutures and UHMWPE suture tape
Preoperative | Postoperative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UHMWPE sutures | UHMWPE suture tape | p value | UHMWPE sutures | UHMWPE suture tape | p value | |
KOOS, Pain | 54.8 ± 15.3 | 59.1 ± 19.0 | 0.661 | 86.9 ± 10.9 | 85.2 ± 13.8 | 0.568 |
KOOS, Symptoms | 56.3 ± 17.6 | 59.9 ± 21.6 | 0.596 | 74.9 ± 14.5 | 77.7 ± 13.0 | 0.609 |
KOOS, ADL | 65.1 ± 18.2 | 66.0 ± 19.7 | 0.971 | 84.1 ± 9.4 | 86.6 ± 15.6 | 0.596 |
KOOS, Sport/Rec | 21.4 ± 22.9 | 25.0 ± 27.1 | 0.849 | 45.3 ± 28.6 | 53.2 ± 28.6 | 0.334 |
KOOS, QOL | 22.6 ± 16.4 | 38.0 ± 21.1 | 0.255 | 62.7 ± 15.2 | 65.1 ± 20.7 | 0.819 |
Lysholm knee score | 55.3 ± 14.4 | 62.1 ± 10.1 | 0.344 | 85.6 ± 21.2 | 88.2 ± 7.7 | 0.909 |
IKDC score | 37.1 ± 15.1 | 40.1 ± 16.1 | 0.791 | 60.2 ± 13.6 | 68.4 ± 10.5 | 0.151 |
Pain score (VAS) | 40.0 ± 19.4 | 33.6 ± 27.7 | 0.546 | 13.1 ± 13.1 | 7.4 ± 11.3 | 0.344 |
Arthroscopic healing scorea (points) | 6.7 ± 1.0 | 7.4 ± 1.7 | 0.044* | |||
Anteroposterior width of bridging tissues (points) | 3.8 ± 0.1 | 3.9 ± 0.1 | 0.540 | |||
Stability of the medial meniscus posterior root (points) | 2.3 ± 0.1 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | 0.358 | |||
Synovial coverage of the sutures (points) | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.231 | |||
Suture cut-out (positive/negative) | 14/4 | 12/6 | 0.488 | |||