Research Article

A Balanced Arthroscopic Debridement of the Inner Layer of the Knee Retinaculum Increases the Tibiofemoral Joint Space Width

Table 2

Complications, symptoms, and satisfaction following 1 year of the intervention.

Cases

% (proportion)
n = 20
Acute (first 10 days of) complications
 Any adverse event0% (0/20)
 Joint infection0% (0/20)
 Wound infection0% (0/20)
 Infectious complications0% (0/20)
 Thromboembolic event0% (0/20)
 Mortality0% (0/20)

Cases
% (proportion)
n = 20
Following 1-year symptoms
 Loss of sensitivity0% (0/20)
 Patellofemoral instability0% (0/20)
 Patellofemoral pain5% (1/20)
 Inter-joint line pain10% (2/20)
 Tibiofemoral instability0% (0/20)
 Meniscal re-rupture5% (1/20)
 Cartilage damage0% (0/20)
 Sensation of instability0% (0/20)

Satisfied cases % (proportion) n = 20Unsatisfied cases % (proportion) n = 20
Satisfaction with the surgery100% (20/20)0% (0/20)