Sustained Results in Long-Term Follow-Up of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) for Distal Femur Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans (JOCD)

Table 7

Comparison of the patients’ reported outcome scores by number of OCD lesions before ACI.

	≤ 1 OCD Lesion (N = 8)	> 1 OCD Lesion (N = 2)	P-values	Effect Size
IKDC
Total Score	72.8 ± 10.8	68.0 ± 1.4	0.711	0.298
KOOS
Symptoms	81.7 ± 14.0	64.3 ± 5.1	0.089	0.637
Pain	89.0 ± 7.2	87.5 ± 9.8	0.889	0.087
Function, activity of daily living	95.0 ± 6.2	93.4 ± 7.3	0.711	0.117
Function, sports and recreational activities	78.1 ± 14.1	52.5 ± 10.6	0.044	0.716
Quality of life	58.6 ± 20.0	53.1 ± 13.3	0.711	0.160
Modified Cincinnati Knee Rating Scales
Total Score	80.9 ± 12.4	70.0 ± 1.4	0.400	0.525

Statistically significant differences were noted with p < 0.05. Moderate effect size was found.