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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Trauma. 2024 Mar 1;38(3):121–128. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002750

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics by PASS Status Reported as Mean (SD) or n (%).

All
Global
Pain
Function
Variable (N=159) PASS+ (N=95) PASS- (N=64) P-value PASS+ (N=93) PASS- (N=66) P-value PASS+ (N=83) PASS- (N=75) P-value
Age 50 (15) 52 (16) 48 (13) 0.12t 53 (15) 46 (14) 0.001 t 53 (16) 47 (14) 0.017 t

Bicondylar 73 (46%) 39 (41%) 34 (53%) 0.15f 35 (38%) 38 (58%) 0.016 f 30 (36%) 43 (57%) 0.01 f

Schatzker Classification
I 8 (5.1%) 4 (4%) 4 (6%) 0.06f 5 (5%) 3 (5%) 0.029 f 4 (5%) 4 (5%) 0.009 f
II 58 (37%) 41 (44%) 17 (27%) - 42 (46%) 16 (24%) - 39 (48%) 18 (24%) -
III 11 (7%) 9 (10%) 2 (3%) - 7 (8%) 4 (6%) - 7 (9%) 4 (5%) -
IV 21 (13%) 12 (13%) 9 (14%) - 12 (13%) 9 (14%) - 11 (14%) 10 (13%) -
V 8 (5.1%) 3 (3%) 5 (8%) - 2 (2%) 6 (9%) - 2 (2%) 6 (8%) -
VI 51 (32%) 24 (26%) 27 (42%) - 23 (25%) 28 (42%) - 18 (22%) 33 (44%) -

Primary Column
 Lateral 98 (62%) 67 (71%) 31 (48%) 0.045 f 64 (69%) 34 (52%) 0.07f 60 (72%) 37 (49%) 0.017 f
 Medial 22 (14%) 10 (11%) 12 (19%) - 12 (13%) 10 (15%) - 9 (11%) 13 (17%) -
 Posterior 10 (6%) 5 (5%) 5 (8%) - 6 (6%) 4 (6%) - 5 (6%) 5 (7%) -
 Medial + Lateral 29 (18%) 13 (14%) 16 (25%) - 11 (12%) 18 (27%) - 9 (11%) 20 (27%) -

Surgical Approach
 Lateral 81 (51%) 57 (60%) 24 (38%) 0.024 f 57 (61%) 24 (36%) 0.023 f 53 (64%) 27 (36%) 0.007 f
 Medial 15 (9%) 5 (5%) 10 (16%) - 8 (9%) 7 (11%) - 6 (7%) 9 (12%) -
 Medial + Lateral 52 (33%) 27 (28%) 25 (39%) - 24 (26%) 28 (42%) - 19 (23%) 33 (44%) -
 Posterior 8 (5%) 5 (5%) 3 (5%) - 3 (3%) 5 (8%) - 4 (5%) 4 (5%) -
 Other 3 (2%) 1 (1%) 2 (3%) - 1 (1%) 2 (3%) - 1 (1%) 2 (3%) -

Post-op Infection 13 (9%) 4 (4%) 9 (15%) 0.035 f 4 (4%) 9 (14%) 0.042 f 4 (5%) 9 (12%) 0.15f
t

T-test

f

Fisher’s exact test

w

Wilcoxon rank sum test.