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Table 7 Postoperative clinical results according to alignment in patients with BME

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

Postoperative score

Undercorrection (n = 42)

Acceptable correction (n = 59)

Overcorrection (n = 7)

p-Value

HSS score

91.7 ± 3.9 (83–98)

91.1 ± 4.6 (75–98)

92.2 ± 4.1 (86–98)

0.682

Knee Society knee score

95.0 ± 3.9 (81–100)

94.1 ± 4.7 (70–100)

94.1 ± 3.4 (91–100)

0.581

Knee Society function score

89.3 ± 7.1 (70–100)

87.3 ± 8.1 (70–100)

87.1 ± 4.9 (80–90)

0.388

WOMAC score

10.6 ± 4.1 (4–61)

10.9 ± 4.7 (8–79)

11.7 ± 4.2 (16–52)

0.834

Pain

3.5 ± 1.7 (1–9)

3.3 ± 1.8 (0–8)

3.0 ± 1.0 (2–5)

0.727

Stiffness

0.8 ± 0.7 (0–2)

0.9 ± 0.8 (0–3)

1.1 ± 1.1 (0–3)

0.497

Function

6.3 ± 2.6 (2–14)

6.7 ± 3.2 (1–13)

7.6 ± 3.0 (3–12)

0.577

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