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Table 4 Postoperative clinical results according to the bone marrow edema location

From: Does preoperative bone marrow edema affect clinical outcomes after medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy?

 

BME on either femur or tibia

BME on both femur and tibia

p-Value

HSS score

91.7 ± 3.9 (85–99)

91.4 ± 4.4 (76–99)

0.768

Knee Society knee score

95.1 ± 4.3 (81–100)

94.3 ± 4.3 (70–100)

0.400

Knee Society function score

90.9 ± 6.0 (80–100)

87.3 ± 7.8 (70–100)

0.045

WOMAC score

10.5 ± 4.6 (3–18)

11.0 ± 4.4 (2–20)

0.649

Pain

3.4 ± 1.7 (1–8)

3.4 ± 1.7 (0–9)

0.967

Stiffness

1.0 ± 0.7 (0–2)

0.9 ± 0.8 (0–3)

0.472

Function

6.1 ± 3.1 (2–12)

6.7 ± 2.9 (1–14)

0.402

  1. BME bone marrow edema, HSS Hospital for Special Surgery, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index
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