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Table 8 Postoperative change in PTS

From: Use of a suspended and straightened knee joint position when fixing steel plates can prevent the increase in postoperative posterior tibial slope after open‑wedge high tibial osteotomy

 

Preoperative PTS (°)

1-day postoperative PTS (°)

Most recent follow-up PTS (°)

Change in 1-day postoperative PTS (°)

Change in most recent follow-up PTS (°)

NSP group

9.39 ± 1.85

10.85 ± 2.36(a)

11.74 ± 2.45(a)

0.86 ± 1.62

2.35 ± 1.21

SSP group

9.26 ± 2.34

9.07 ± 2.33(b)

9.37 ± 2.38(b)

− 0.09 ± 1.13

0.11 ± 0.95

t

0.166

1.335

2.888

2.243

6.501

P value

0.869

0.039

0.006

0.030

 < 0.001

  1. PTS, posterior tibial slope; a, difference with preoperative PTS is statistically significant; b, difference with preoperative PTS is not statistically significant; a and b are examined by paired t-tests
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X