Table 1 Demographic features of the included cases, methods of fixation, and Pre. and post-operative Lysholm scores
Total (n = 109) | Group (A) Stump-preservation group (n = 56) | Group (B) Stump-resection group (n = 53) | P-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | ||||
Sex | Male | 104 | 95.4% | 52 | 92.9% | 52 | 98.1% | 1 | |
Female | 5 | 4.6% | 4 | 7.1% | 1 | 0.9% | |||
Side | Right | 66 | 60.6% | 39 | 69.6% | 27 | 50.9% | 0.184 | |
Left | 43 | 39.4% | 17 | 30.4% | 26 | 49.1% | |||
Mode of injury | Non-contact injury | 88 | 80.7% | 42 | 75.0% | 46 | 86.8% | 0.166 | |
Contact Injury | 21 | 19.3% | 14 | 25.0% | 7 | 13.2% | |||
Meniscal injury | Medial | 31 | 28.4% | 16 | 28.6% | 15 | 28.3% | 0.759 | |
Lateral | 16 | 14.7% | 10 | 17.8% | 6 | 11.3% | |||
Medial & Lateral | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
None | 61 | 56.0% | 29 | 51.8% | 32 | 60.4% | |||
Meniscal procedure | Repair | 15 | 31.3% | 8 | 29.6% | 7 | 33.3% | 0.860 | |
Partial meniscectomy | 33 | 68.7% | 19 | 70.4% | 14 | 66.7% | |||
Femoral fixation | TightRope (Arthrex) | 29 | 26.6% | 11 | 19.6% | 18 | 34.0% | 0.293 | |
Interference screw (Smith & Nephew) | 58 | 53.2% | 35 | 62.5% | 23 | 43.4% | |||
Interference screw (Depuy Synthes) | 22 | 20.2% | 10 | 17.9% | 12 | 22.6% | |||
Tibial fixation | Interference screw (Smith & Nephew) | 87 | 79.8% | 47 | 83.9% | 40 | 75.5% | 0.519 | |
Interference screw (Depuy Synthes) | 22 | 20.2% | 9 | 16.1% | 13 | 24.5% | |||
Lysholm Score | Preoperative | Excellent | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.412 |
Good | 3 | 2.8% | 3 | 5.4% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Fair | 33 | 30.3% | 20 | 35.7% | 13 | 24.5% | |||
Poor | 73 | 66.9% | 33 | 58.9% | 40 | 75.5% | |||
Postoperative | Excellent | 40 | 36.7% | 21 | 37.5% | 19 | 35.9% | 0.720 | |
Good | 33 | 30.3% | 19 | 33.9% | 14 | 26.4% | |||
Fair | 35 | 32.1% | 15 | 26.8% | 20 | 37.7% | |||
Poor | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
P- value (Pre. vs. Postoperative) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||