Table 2 Clinical data provided by the surgeon (H.O.M.), obtained through intraoperative examination of the joint and mean age of the patients with range in years

Gonarthrosis

None

4

5

5

1

Initial stadium

0

7

5

2

Manifest arthrosis

0

0

4

0

Cartilage lesion

Not given

0

1

1

0

None

3

0

0

0

Superficial lesion

1

8

7

2

Deep lesion

0

3

6

1

Medial meniscus

Intact

3

6

8

3

Contusion/compression/fraying

1

6

6

0

Accompanying lesions

None

3

11

13

3

Rupture of MCL

1

1

0

0

Tibial plateau fracture

0

0

1

1

Mean age of patients in years

31 (17–48)

27 (20–52)

39 (20–74)

39 (37–41)