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Table 1 Overall Comparison of Initial (INI) and Final (FIN) Compartment Pressure

From: Objective quantification of ligament balancing using VERASENSE in measured resection and modified gap balance total knee arthroplasty

 

Initial (lbf.)

Final (lbf.)

P-valuea

Medial compartment

 Full Extension

27.3 ± 25.8

17.7 ± 7.8

0.001

 30°

22.9 ± 25.0

13.3 ± 5.6

0.000

 60°

22.5 ± 24.2

12.0 ± 6.3

0.000

 90°

22.0 ± 25.7

11.0 ± 6.8

0.000

 Full Flexion

21.3 ± 21.5

10.5 ± 7.9

0.000

Lateral compartment

 Full Extension

15.8 ± 11.7

13.9 ± 6.3

0.082

 30°

14.9 ± 11.3

12.9 ± 5.6

0.046

 60°

13.2 ± 11.3

11.8 ± 6.0

0.174

 90°

12.0 ± 11.4

10.2 ± 6.5

0.074

 Full Flexion

10.9 ± 11.7

8.5 ± 6.6

0.017

  1. aPaired-t test. The p values of < 0.05 was considered significant
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