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Table 2 Comparison of clinical parameters

From: Spacer-based gap balancing is useful in total knee arthroplasty: a 3-year follow-up of a retrospective study

Parameters

GB group (n = 61)

MR group (n = 63)

P value

Preoperative HKA (°)

169.62 ± 3.10

170.68 ± 3.40

0.082

Postoperative HKA

178.65 ± 1.30

178.34 ± 1.71

0.275

Outliers (> 3.0°) (%)

5 (8.20)

6 (9.52)

0.795

Preoperative MDFA (°)

90.49 ± 2.41

91.08 ± 2.61

0.195

Postoperative MDFA (°)

90.14 ± 1.18

90.31 ± 1.51

0.495

Preoperative MPTA (°)

83.74 ± 1.96

84.20 ± 2.19

0.251

Postoperative MPTA (°)

89.65 ± 1.09

89.40 ± 1.27

0.253

The joint line displacement (mm)

1.38 ± 0.90

1.20 ± 0.87

0.270

Number of complications (%)

2 (3.28)

3 (4.76)

0.515

Preoperative ROM (°)

96.07 ± 13.23

94.68 ± 13.29

0.563

Postoperative ROM at 6 weeks

98.85 ± 7.15

99.60 ± 7.03

0.557

Postoperative ROM at 6 months

109.67 ± 8.44

108.17 ± 8.81

0.347

Postoperative ROM at 2 years

114.02 ± 12.10

111.67 ± 11.91

0.278

Preoperative KSS

44.54 ± 13.48

45.71 ± 12.66

0.618

Postoperative KSS at 6 weeks

75.16 ± 7.67

75.21 ± 8.13

0.976

Postoperative KSS at 6 months

88.33 ± 4.01

87.59 ± 3.61

0.281

Postoperative KSS at 2 years

94.92 ± 4.50

94.21 ± 4.49

0.379

Preoperative WOMAC

60.30 ± 10.11

62.76 ± 9.42

0.162

Postoperative WOMAC at 6 weeks

36.80 ± 6.96

37.84 ± 7.03

0.411

Postoperative WOMAC at 6 months

26.03 ± 3.74

26.94 ± 4.28

0.213

Postoperative WOMAC at 2 years

9.64 ± 4.10

10.0 ± 3.94

0.618

  1. HKA, Hip–knee–ankle angle; MDFA, the angle between the distal articular surface and the mechanical axis of the femur; MPTA, the angle between the proximal articular surface and the mechanical axis of the tibia; ROM, range of motion; KSS, knee society score; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index