Table 1: Full descriptive statistics for the medial meniscectomy (MM), lateral meniscectomy (LM), and both medial and lateral meniscectomies (MLM) groups as well as for all patients.

n= MM LM MLM All
Male: Female 30 10: 2 11: 0 5: 2 26: 4
Age at FU (Mean +/- SD) 30 57.3+3.9 55.5+5.4 54.1+6.3 55.9+5.1
Type of meniscectomy (bilateral knees) 15 (3) 15 (4) 8 (1) 38 (8)
BMI (Mean +/- SD) in kg/m2 30 28.2+3.6 28.0+2.7 29.0+4.3 28.3+3.4
IKDC score (Mean +/- SD) 30 58.8+9.7 61.7+14.4 56.3+12.6 59.4 +12.0
KOOS 30
- symptoms 68.3+20.8 60.7+24.4 57.7+20.5 63.2+22.0
- Pain 73.7+21.3 70.2+20.5 75.8+21.6 72.6+20.6
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) 75.7+19.8 78.5+19.4 80.3+22.0 77.7+19.6
- Sports 61.0+27.7 54.0+31.6 72.1+27.1 60.3+28.8
- Quality of Life (QoL) 62.9+26.6 53.3+28.8 75.9+23.5 61.5+27.5
Valgus angle (Mean +/- SD) 38 -0.5+4.5 * 5.5+2.9 5.9+3.9 3.2+4.8
magnitude of malalignment (Mean +/- SD) 38 6.5+4.5 * 2.3+1.8 3.0+2.0 4.1+3.7
Flexion (Mean +/- SD) 38 125.0+12.5 129.3+9.8 120.6+6.2 * 127.1+10.7
Hyperextension (Mean +/- SD) 38 -6.3+5.2 -3.7+5.2 -5.0+8.9 -5.0+6.0

* Significantly differs at p<0.05