Preoperative Diagnosis and Treatment Outcomes of Incarcerated Inferiorly Displaced Flap Tear of the Medial Meniscus: Comparison between Flap Tears with and without Incarcerated Fragment
Table 1
Demographic data for patients and preoperative variables.
Variable
Group U ( = 63)
Group I ( = 16)
value
Male
26 (41.3%)
7 (43.8%)
0.857
Female
37 (58.7%)
9 (56.3%)
Age (years)
0.522
BMI (kg/m2)
0.424
Right
39 (61.9%)
10 (62.5%)
0.965
Left
24 (38.1%)
6 (37.5%)
Duration of symptom
Total duration
0.787
Duration of aggravation
<0.001
Trauma history
Yes
33 (52.4%)
6 (37.5%)
0.288
No
30 (47.6%)
10 (62.5%)
Location of tear
Posterior horn
21 (33.3%)
4 (25.0%)
0.678
Body
15 (23.8%)
5 (31.3%)
More than one portion
27 (42.9%)
7 (43.8%)
VAS score
0.011
Lysholm knee score
0.098
IKDC subjective score
0.605
BMI: body mass index; VAS: visual analogue scale; IKDC: International Knee Documentation Committee. values are given as (%). values are given as mean ± standard deviation.
