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Table 8 Postoperative clinical results (change in score) according to alignment in patients with BME

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

Change in score

Undercorrection (n = 42)

Acceptable correction (n = 59)

Overcorrection (n = 7)

p-Value

HSS score

16.8 ± 9.7 (0–40)

19.2 ± 10.5 (0–57)

16.3 ± 6.4 (8–27)

0.444

Knee Society knee score

18.9 ± 10.0 (0–40)

23.1 ± 10.6 (4–45)

18.4 ± 13.0 (4–40)

0.121

Knee Society function score

26.1 ± 15.1 (0–55)

29.3 ± 15.0 (0–50)

34.3 ± 5.3 (3–40)

0.309

WOMAC score

28.0 ± 15.0 (4–61)

33.5 ± 15.7 (8–79)

32.1 ± 10.7 (16–52)

0.202

Pain

5.4 ± 3.0 (−1 to 12)

7.3 ± 3.5 (−1 to 16)

7.3 ± 2.8 (3–10)

0.016

Stiffness

1.7 ± 1.5 (0–5)

2.4 ± 1.5 (−1 to 5)

2.1 ± 1.2 (0–3)

0.095

Function

20.9 ± 12.4 (−1 to 48)

23.8 ± 12.2 (5–56)

22.7 ± 8.5 (12–39)

0.483

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