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Sports Medicine Surgical Quality Data: Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteochondritis Dessicans

The data below is a summary of patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery for osteochondritis dessicans (OCD) at the UW Health Sports Medicine Center from January 2007 to March 2012.
 
Demographics
  • Patients: 30
  • Average age: 24 (range 11-53)
  • Sex: 34 percent females, 66 percent males

Knee Function

 

As measured by the 2000 IKDC. A score of 100 is optimal. 

 

 
  Score
Pre-surgery 49.9
One year post-surgery 77.6

 

 

Health-related Quality of Life

 

As measured by SF-12 v 2.0 subscales. A score of 100 is optimal. 

 
  PFRPBPGHVTSFREMH
Pre-surgery 56.2 55.6 61.5 86.2 55.8 76.5 82.1 71.3
Post-surgery 88.3 89.2 80.8 85.4 59.9 90.3 93.6 76.2

  

Key:

  • PF (Physical Function): The extent you are limited or able to perform daily living activities. 
  • RP (Role Physical): The extent you are limited when performing work or daily living activities. 
  • BP (Bodily Pain): The limitations placed upon you by pain you are experiencing. 
  • GH (General Health): An overall measure of your personal health
  • VT (Vitality): The amount of energy you have during your daily activities.
  • SF (Social Function): The level of interference with social activities you experience due to physical or emotional problems.
  • RE (Role Emotional): Problems you experience with work or daily activities as a result of emotional problems.
  • MH (Mental Health): The extent to which nervousness or happiness affect you all of the time.