Arthroscopic inferior leaf meniscectomy of the involved anterior horn in the lateral meniscus horizontal tear via an accessary extreme far anteromedial portal

Table 2 Clinical and radiographical outcomes of the patients (101 knees) with a follow-up of 4.9 ± 1.2 years ^ψ

Variable	Preoperative value	Postoperative value	p-value
VAS score	3.5 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.6	< 0.001 ^a
Lysholm score	62.7 ± 4.4	91.8 ± 3.1	< 0.001 ^a
IKDC score	61.9 ± 3.7	91.7 ± 9.5	< 0.001 ^a
Tegner score	2.0 ± 0.7	6.1 ± 0.7	< 0.001 ^a
FTA (°)	5.9 ± 1.1	6.0 ± 1.0	> 0.05 ^a

^ψContinuous variables are expressed as the mean and standard deviation
^a Independent-sample Mann–Whitney U test. FTA, femorotibial angle. IKDC, International Knee Documentation Committee; VAS, visual analogue scale

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