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Table 3 Median (Interquartile Range) Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for whole sample, surgical and clinical failure groups

From: The results of meniscal allograft transplantation surgery: what is success?

PROM

Sample

(n = 43)

Surgical Failure Yes

(n = 4)

Surgical Failure No

(n = 39)

Clinical Failure Yes

(n = 9)

Clinical

Failure No

(n = 34)

KOOS

80.0 (24.4)

66.6 (38.1)

81.0 (24.3)

58.3 (19.4)

82.1 (14.1) ***

IKDC a

55.8 (29.3)

46.6 (37.1)

59.8 (29.3)

43.0 (17.3)

64.4 (26.5) **

VAS

3.0 (3.0)

4.5 (3.0)

3.0 (2.0)

5.0 (3.0)

3.0 (2.0) **

Tegner pre-operative

7.0 (3.0)

7.0 (4.0)

7.0 (3.0)

6.0 (3.0)

7.0 (3.0)

Tegner post-operative

4.0 (3.0)

2.5 (4.0)

4.0 (3.0)

2.0 (2.0)

5.0 (2.0) **

SF-12

40.0 (7.0)

39.5 (19.0)

40.0 (7.0)

35.0 (16.0)

40.0 (7.0) *

SF-12 Mental

22.0 (4.0)

21.5 (10)

22.0 (4.0)

21.0 (10.0)

22.0 (4.0)

SF-12 Physical

17.0 (4.0)

17.0 (4.0)

18.0 (9.0)

14.0 (5.0)

18.0 (4.0) *

Lysholm

81.0 (25.0)

59.5 (54.0)

81.0 (23.0)

51.0 (26.0)

88.0 (18.0) ***

  1. a IKDC responses incomplete for three patients so sample numbers reduced to (40,4,36,9,31).
  2. * - significant at p < 0.05
  3. ** - significant at p < 0.01
  4. *** - significant at p < 0.001