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. 2018 Jun 1;13(6):e0197850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197850

Table 3. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) and Euro-Qol 5D-5L (EQ-5D) by surgeon grade preoperative and 1 year after conventional (Conv) and navigated (Nav) TKA*.

Conv TKA Trainee Senior
Scores mean SD mean SD 95% CI p-value
EQ-5D preop 0.58 0.21 0.54 0.22 -0.02 0.08 0.26
EQ-5D postop 0.83 0.17 0.8 0.21 -0.02 0.09 0.25
WOMAC preop 39.01 15.15 38.75 17.02 -4.14 4.67 0.91
WOMAC postop 74.85 18.60 72.77 20.12 -3.21 7.36 0.44
Pain preop 37.06 15.20 35.83 18.73 -3.44 5.91 0.60
Pain postop 78.56 20.03 78.43 19.96 -5.31 5.55 0.97
Stiffness preop 37.50 21.58 39.67 24.68 -8.51 4.16 0.50
Stiffness postop 71.65 19.89 71.30 23.00 -5.53 6.22 0.91
Function preop 39.77 16.53 39.50 17.9 -4.43 4.96 0.91
Function postop 74.14 18.89 71.28 21.02 -2.60 8.31 0.30
Nav TKA Trainee Senior
Scores mean SD mean SD 95% CI p-value
EQ-5D preop 0.56 0.21 0.59 0.20 -0.07 0.01 0.10
EQ-5D postop 0.80 0.20 0.82 0.18 -0.05 0.01 0.23
WOMAC preop 38.94 16.55 40.83 15.08 -4.67 0.88 0.18
WOMAC postop 72.71 19.52 75.77 17.78 -6.33 0.21 0.07
Pain preop 34.92 17.87 39.43 15.88 -7.45 -1.55 0.003
Pain postop 75.36 19.91 79.74 17.91 -7.70 -1.07 0.01
Stiffness preop 41.28 22.76 39.65 22.85 -2.42 5.68 0.43
Stiffness postop 69.10 21.51 71.19 20.23 -5.76 1.59 0.27
Function preop 39.84 17.32 41.39 16.18 -4.49 1.40 0.30
Function postop 72.36 20.13 75.14 18.61 -6.18 0.62 0.11

* For quantitative data values are given as mean and SD (standard deviation).

95% CI = 95% confidence interval of the difference. preop = preoperative. postop = postoperative