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Table 2 Operative and postoperative outcomes

From: No association between different in tibial resection level and clinical outcomes six months after Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study

Outcomes

Overall (n = 85)

No pain (n = 65)

Pain (n = 20)

Mean difference (95% CI)

p-value

Depth of tibial resection (mm)

 Anterior

7.3 ± 1.9

7.4 ± 1.8

7.0 ± 2.3

0.4 (− 0.6 to 1.4)

0.404

 Middle

4.9 ± 1.8

4.8 ± 1.7

5.1 ± 2.1

− 0.2 (− 1.2 to 0.7)

0.611

 Posterior

5.1 ± 1.7

5.0 ± 1.6

5.3 ± 2.0

− 0.4 (− 1.2 to 0.5)

0.372

 Maximal depth

7.5 ± 1.9

7.5 ± 2.0

7.5 ± 1.4

0.1 (− 0.9 to 1.0)

0.909

Femoral component size

 Small

67 (78.8%)

50 (76.9%)

17 (85.0%)

NA

0.131

 Medium

10 (11.8%)

10 (15.4%)

0 (0.0%)

NA

 

 Large

8 (9.4%)

5 (7.7%)

3 (15.0%)

NA

 

Tibial component size

 AA

13 (15.3%)

10 (15.4%)

3 (15.0%)

NA

0.037

 A

21 (24.7%)

18 (27.7%)

3 (15.0%)

NA

 

 B

28 (32.9%)

17 (26.2%)

11 (55.0%)

NA

 

 C

17 (20.0%)

16 (24.6%)

1 (5.0%)

NA

 

 D

3 (3.5%)

3 (4.6%)

0 (0.0%)

NA

 

 E

3 (3.5%)

1 (1.5%)

2 (10.0%)

NA

 

Polyethylene thickness

 3 mm

48 (56.5%)

38 (58.5%)

10 (50.0%)

NA

0.825

 4 mm

26 (30.6%)

19 (29.2%)

7 (35.0%)

NA

 

 5 mm

10 (11.8%)

7 (10.8%)

3 (15.0%)

NA

 

 6 mm

1 (1.2%)

1 (1.5%)

0 (0.0%)

NA

 

Mean thickness

3.6 ± 0.7

3.6 ± 0.8

3.7 ± 0.7

−0.1 (−0.5 to 0.3)

0.617

Postoperative FTA (°)

179.8 ± 2.4

179.8 ± 2.3

179.8 ± 2.8

0.0 (1.2 to 1.2)

1.000

Tibial tray inclination (°)

88.5 ± 2.2

88.6 ± 2.2

88.2 ± 2.0

0.3 (−1.4 to 0.8)

0.589

Tibial tray slope (°)

4.2 ± 2.0

4.1 ± 2.0

4.3 ± 2.1

− 0.1 (− 1.1 to 0.9)

0.827

OKS (score)

 At 6 wk

32.6 ± 7.6

33.7 ± 6.5

28.9 ± 9.7

4.8 (0.0 to 9.6)

0.049

 At 6 mon

40.8 ± 4.5

41.0 ± 4.8

40.0 ± 3.4

1.1 (− 1.2 to 3.5)

0.326

  1. CI confidence interval, FTA mechanical femorotibial angle, OKS Oxford knee score, NA not applicable