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Table 4 Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) before and after total knee arthroplasty

From: The efficacy and safety of subcutaneous continuous local infiltration analgesia with ropivacaine in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a comparative study

Time point/item

Pump (n = 28)

No pump (n = 35)

MD

95% CI

p-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Lower limit

Higher limit

Preoperative/symptoms

42.93

24.50

42.71

24.71

0.214

-12.266

12.695

0.973

Preoperative/pain

29.11

20.52

26.74

19.94

2.364

-7.876

12.605

0.646

Preoperative/function, daily living

38.39

21.32

44.94

19.67

-6.550

-16.900

3.800

0.211

Preoperative/function, sports, and recreational activities

51.79

39.87

64.77

41.12

-12.986

-33.554

7.582

0.212

Preoperative/quality of life

26.29

15.75

27.46

17.21

-1.171

-9.577

7.235

0.781

Postoperative/symptoms

87.54

11.38

85.91

12.18

1.621

-4.377

7.620

0.591

Postoperative/pain

87.18

13.42

91.09

10.86

-3.907

-10.020

2.206

0.206

Postoperative/function, daily living

81.86

17.76

88.11

12.27

-6.257

-13.837

1.322

0.104

Postoperative/function, sports, and recreational activities

67.29

37.59

73.74

35.30

-6.457

-24.876

11.962

0.486

Postoperative/quality of life

83.86

14.52

78.63

17.89

5.229

-3.127

13.584

0.216

  1. CI Confidence interval, MD Mean difference, SD Standard deviation