title: To compare the results of knee evaluation after meniscus repair and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on the basis of Lysholm, HSS and IKDC scoring systems.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Commonly used knee evaluation scoring systems differ according to their range of influence over the overall grade which is a composite of both subjective and objective category. Due to this fact the final outcomes obtained with individual scores may differ in relation to the evaluation of the same patient. The aim of the study was to compare the results obtained with the use of three most common knee evaluation scoring systems: Lysholm, HSS and IKDC.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 27 knees in 26 patients following meniscus repair and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The mean patient age was 25.7 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Result compatibility obtained for individual knees in all the three scoring systems was 41%. The highest, 70% compatibility rate concerned Lysholm and HSS scores, compatibility rate of the results between HSS and IKDC was less significant amounting to 56%, the lowest compatibility rate-24%--was noted between Lysholm and IKDC scores. In 7% of the evaluated knees the results were different for each scoring system incorporated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On the basis of the analysis of knee evaluation results after meniscus repair and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction the lack of total result compatibility between Lysholm, HSS and IKDC scores was noted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Arthroscopy, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Medical University of Łódź, Poland. gtkubiak@wp.pl
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kubiak
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabiś
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D059549:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010808:Physical Examination; D020127:Recovery of Function; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries; D055815:Young Adult