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Table 1 Demographic data, cement type, and preoperative Hounsfield unit values of bone penetration area

From: Comparison of different cementing techniques for cement penetration under tibial component in total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective observational study

Characteristic

HM group (n = 20)

VM group (n = 24)

p value

Age (years)

72.3 ± 6.8

74.1 ± 7.2

0.21

Female, n (%)

14 (70%)

20 (83%)

0.33

Diagnosis

Osteoarthritis

20

23

0.35

Osteonecrosis

0

1

K–L grade 1/2/3/4

0/1/2/17

0/1/7/15

0.26

Pre-FTA (degrees)

183.6 ± 6.2

183.7 ± 7.5

0.95

Cement type (cobalt HV or cobalt G-HV)

17/3

15/9

0.10

Preoperative HU value

Sclerotic side

300 ± 132

307 ± 142

0.89

Nonsclerotic side

80 ± 55

73 ± 49

0.70

  1. HU Hounsfield unit, FTA femorotibial angle, HM hand mixing and hand packing, VM vacuum mixing and use of a cement gun, K–L Kellgren–Lawrence, HV bone cement without gentamicin, G-HV bone cement with gentamicin