Table 2 Patients’ characteristics and intraoperative data in relation to the meniscal healing failure
From: Clinical outcome and healing rate after meniscal bucket handle tear repair
Bucket handle meniscal tear | Odds ratio | P - value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
healed | failure | ||||
Sex | Male | 21 (77.8%) | 6 (22.2%) | p = 0.152 | |
Female | 13 (100%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Age | < 30 years | 19 (95%) | 1 (5%) | OR = 6.3 | p = 0.182 |
>= 30 years | 15 (75.0%) | 5 (25.0%) | |||
BMI | BMI < 25 | 17 (94.4%) | 1 (5.6%) | OR = 5.0 | p = 0.197 |
BMI > 25 | 17 (77.3%) | 5 (22.7%) | |||
Laterality | medial | 20 (83.3%) | 4 (16.7%) | OR = 1.4 | p > 0.999 |
lateral | 14 (87.5%) | 2 (12.5%) | |||
ACL | reconstruction | 22 (84.6%) | 4 (15.4%) | OR = 1.1 | p > 0.999 |
intact | 12 (85.7%) | 2 (14.3%) | |||
Smoking | no | 29 (85.3%) | 5 (14.7%) | OR = 1.2 | p > 0.999 |
yes | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | |||
Time from Injury to Surgery | < 14 days | 23 (92.0%) | 2 (8.0%) | OR = 4.3 | p = 0.154 |
>= 14 days | 8 (72.2%) | 3 (27.3%) | |||