Table 2.
Outcome data for patients undergoing opening-wedge DFO versus lateral UKA for lateral unicompartmental osteoarthritis
| Opening-wedge DFO group (N = 29 patients) |
Lateral UKA group (N = 29 patients) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKS score mean (SD) | Pre | 27.51 (6.80) | 26.23 (4.41) | 0.40 |
| Post | 38.59 (8.24) | 35.43 (6.8) | 0.75 | |
| Delta | 11.54 (4.92) | 12.82 (4.68) | 0.35 | |
| KOOS score mean (SD) | Pre | 51.14 (6.3) | 50.12 (5.8) | 0.42 |
| Post | 67.2 (8.80) | 65.91 (8.0) | 0.63 | |
| Delta | 16.8 (4.69) | 17.3 (7.6) | 0.95 | |
| Postoperative alignment | ||||
| HKA | −3.26 (1.02) | −3.0 (1.4) | 0.65 | |
Data are expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD). Pre preoperative, Post postoperative, Delta difference between postoperative and preoperative results, HKA hip-knee-ankle angle. Negative values are used for valgus alignment