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Table 3 Comparison of postoperative clinical scores between groups

From: Superior outcomes of pullout repairs for medial meniscus posterior root tears in partial tear compared to complete radial tear

 

Partial tear

(n = 15)

Complete tear

(n = 86)

p value

Lysholm knee score

88.4 ± 5.7

87.1 ± 6.3

0.634

Tegner activity score

3.0 ± 0.6

3.1 ± 0.5

0.631

IKDC score

67.9 ± 11.0

64.0 ± 15.2

0.613

KOOS-Pain

82.9 ± 9.1

86.0 ± 11.6

0.144

          -Symptoms

81.0 ± 9.7

80.2 ± 15.1

0.915

          -ADL

86.3 ± 6.7

86.8 ± 10.1

0.399

          -Sport/Rec

48.6 ± 33.5

48.1 ± 30.5

0.955

          -QOL

60.8 ± 21.3

62.7 ± 22.7

0.821

Pain score (VAS)

8.6 ± 7.1

11.1 ± 15.1

0.434

  1. Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation
  2. IKDC International Knee Documentation Committee, KOOS Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, ADL activities of daily living, Sport/Rec sport and recreation; QOL quality of life, VAS visual analog scale *p < 0.05
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