Table 2.

Postoperative clinical and radiological outcome by cohort*.

Variable	Root repair N = 31	Meniscal suture N = 13	p-value
KOOS α	77.13 ± 12.2	80 ± 13.2	0.38
LKQ α	83.74 ± 13	88.08 ± 14.6	0.17
KL classification
0	0	1 (7.7%)
1	6 (19.4%)	6 (46.2%)
2	18 (58.1%)	3 (23.1%)
3	6 (19.4%)	2 (15.4%)
4	1 (3.2%)	1 (7.7%)	0.1
KL grade progression	4 (13%)	2 (15.4%)	0.7
Meniscal extrusion	10 (32.3%)	2 (15.4%)	0.25
Osteochondral defect	5 (16.1%)	2 (15.4%)	0.95
Chondromalacia patellae	24 (77.4%)	10 (76.9%)	0.97
Subchondral edema	2 (6.5%)	1 (7.7%)	0.88
Follow-up α	27.2 (4.5)	28.5 (6.1)	0.93
TKA	2 (6.5%)	1 (7.7%)	0.89

*Values are expressed as n (%).

^α mean ± SD.

^ Significant at the level of P < 0.05.

KOOS: Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; LKQ: Lysholm Knee Questionnaire; KL: Kellgren-Lawrence classification; TKA: Total Knee Arthroplasty.