Table 1 Results for the medial meniscus
From: Three-dimensional meniscus allograft sizing—a study of 280 healthy menisci
Medial meniscus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N =100 | Best possible | 3D MRI | 2D MRI | 2D RX |
Mean surface distance (MeSD) | ||||
Mean (mm) | 0.74 | 0.85 | 1.07 | 1.27 |
Min–max (mm) | 0.57–1.01 | 0.62–1.20 | 0.61–1.93 | 0.71–2.46 |
Std | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.34 |
p value best | – | 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
p value 3D MRI | – | – | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
p value 2D MRI | – | – | – | < 0.001 |
Maximum surface distance (MaSD) | ||||
Mean (mm) | 4.09 | 5.12 | 6.47 | 7.52 |
Min–max (mm) | 2.34–9.84 | 2.52–10.5 | 2.49–14.1 | 3.23–15.4 |
Std | 1.26 | 1.61 | 2.43 | 2.53 |
p value best | – | 0.002 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
p value 3D MRI | – | – | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
p value 2D MRI | – | – | – | 0.002 |
Width difference | ||||
Mean (mm) | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
Min–max (mm) | 0–7.7 | 0–7.4 | 0.1–12.2 | 0–10.4 |
Std | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
p value best | – | 0.126 | 0.006 | < 0.001 |
p value 3D MRI | – | – | 1.000 | 0.017 |
p value 2D MRI | – | – | – | 0.275 |
Length difference | ||||
Mean (mm) | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
Min–max (mm) | 0–11.6 | 0–11.6 | 0.1–8.3 | 0.2–12.3 |
Std | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
p value best | – | 0.911 | 0.009 | < 0.001 |
p value 3D MRI | – | – | 0.476 | < 0.001 |
p value 2D MRI | – | – | – | < 0.001 |
Height difference | ||||
Mean (mm) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Min–max (mm) | 0–2.8 | 0–5.7 | 0–4.2 | 0–4.6 |
Std | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
p value best | – | 1.000 | 0.056 | < 0.001 |
p value 3D MRI | – | – | 0.388 | 0.002 |
p value 2D MRI | – | – | – | 0.531 |
Outliers* | ||||
W/L/H | 5 | 10 | 22 | 58 |
MaSD | 0 | 5 | 17 | 58 |