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Table 3 Patient’s outcome on the difference in lateral tibial slope

From: Large lateral tibial slope and lateral-to-medial slope difference are risk factors for poorer clinical outcomes after posterolateral meniscus root tear repair in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Variable

Group (n = 25)

 

P-value

Lateral Tibial Slope

< 6 degrees

≥ 6 degrees

Patient-reported outcome measure scores postoperatively

 IKDC Score

82.1 ± 10.9

72.9 ± 11.5

0.053

 Lysholm Score

89.8 ± 8.5

83.9 ± 10.3

0.128

 Tegner (scale)

7.8 (6–10)

7.1 (5–10)

0.295

Clinical Outcomes

 Medial tibial slope (°)

3.8 ± 1.1

4.8 ± 1.2

0.045*

 Difference lateral–medial tibial slope (°)

0.5 ± 0.9

3.5 ± 2.5

< 0.001*

 Coronal tibial slope (°)

3.8 ± 1.6

2.8 ± 1.8

0.205

 Postoperative Extrusion (mm)

1.6 ± 2.0

1.9 ± 1.6

0.738

 KT-1000 side-to-side difference, mm

2.3 ± 2.0

2.7 ± 2.5

0.611

  <  3 mm

7

8

0.777

 3–5 mm

4

3

 

  > 5 mm

1

2

 

Presence of Quadriceps Wasting

  

0.729

 No

6

8

 

 Yes

5

5

 

Postoperative Healing

  

0.916

 Not healed

1

2

 

 Incompletely healed

1

1

 

 Completely healed

9

11

 
  1. Data express as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise stated
  2. *P < 0.05