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 3
Comparison of postoperative variables between the groups.
Variable
Group U ( = 63)
Group I ( = 16)
value
VAS score
0.490
Lysholm knee score
0.121
Lysholm knee score grade
0.653
Excellent
33 (52.4%)
7 (43.8%)
Good
27 (42.9%)
8 (50.0%)
Fair
3 (4.8%)
1 (6.3%)
Poor
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
IKDC subjective score
0.932
IKDC subjective score grade
>0.999
Excellent
43 (68.3%)
11 (68.8%)
Good
14 (22.2%)
4 (25.0%)
Fair
6 (9.5%)
1 (6.3%)
Poor
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Tapper and Hoover grade
0.894
Excellent
45 (71.4%)
11 (68.8%)
Good
13 (20.6%)
4 (25.0%)
Fair
5 (7.9%)
1 (6.3%)
Poor
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
IKDC radiographic scale
0.723
A
51 (81.0%)
14 (87.5%)
B
12 (19.0%)
2 (12.5%)
C
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
D
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
VAS: visual analogue scale; IKDC: International Knee Documentation Committee. The values are given as mean ± standard deviation. The values are given as (%).
