Table 4 Comparison between the postoperative posterior tibial slopes measured on the 3D models where the posteriorly inclined osteotomy and pairwise comparison.

From: Effect of the sagittal osteotomy inclination angle on the posterior tibial slope change in high tibial osteotomy: three-dimensional simulation study

Posterior tibial slopea

− 5°

− 10°

− 15°

− 20°

− 25°

− 30°

p valueb

8.9 ± 3.3

8.7 ± 3.3

8.4 ± 3.4

8.2 ± 3.4

7.7 ± 3.4

7.3 ± 3.4

6.9 ± 3.3

 < 0.001

Pairwise Comparisonc

 

 > 0.999

0.002

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

− 5°

 > 0.999

 

0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

− 10°

0.002

0.001

 

0.019

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

− 15°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.019

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

− 20°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

− 25°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

− 30°

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 

  1. aThe values are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. bAnalyzed by repeated measured analysis of variance (ANOVA).
  3. cAdjusted p value obtained by Bonferroni correction.