Table 1.
Patient baseline characteristics
| Characteristic | MMR (n = 61) |
Non-surgical (n = 66) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 51.0 ± 11.2 | 49.8 ± 10.3 | n.s |
| Body mass index (BMI) | 26.8 ± 3.2 | 26.8 ± 3.6 | n.s |
| Male Gender—n (%) | 48 (78.7%) | 48 (72.7%) | n.s |
| Left index knee—n (%) | 31 (50.8%) | 31 (47.0%) | n.s |
| Number of previous partial meniscectomies | n.s | ||
| One—n (%) | 42 (68.9%) | 46 (69.7%) | |
| Two—n (%) | 11 (18.0%) | 14 (21.2%) | |
| Three or more—n (%) | 8 (13.1%) | 6 (9.1%) | |
| Median (range) months since last meniscectomy | 34 (7–313) | 35 (5–425) | n.s |
| KOOS | |||
| Pain | 52.1 ± 11.2 | 54.2 ± 15.6 | n.s |
| Symptoms | 59.4 ± 15.3 | 62.6 ± 16.5 | n.s |
| ADL | 63.4 ± 16.0 | 65.3 ± 19.9 | n.s |
| Sports and recreation | 35.5 ± 22.2 | 39.3 ± 21.7 | n.s |
| QOL | 27.6 ± 16.9 | 30.0 ± 13.5 | n.s |
| Overall | 47.6 ± 12.6 | 50.3 ± 14.3 | n.s |
| VAS pain | 53.3 ± 20.5 | 51.0 ± 23.7 | n.s |
| WOMET | 36.3 ± 16.2 | 39.1 ± 16.6 | n.s |
| IKDC | 42.4 ± 13.2 | 45.4 ± 13.9 | n.s |
Values are mean ± standard deviation or number (n) and percent (%) unless otherwise specified
n.s. not significant