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