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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Population demographics

From: Delaying anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction for more than 3 or 6 months results in lower risk of revision surgery

Demographic data

All n = 30,280

Age, mean ± standard deviation (SD)

29 ± 11

Sex, female/male %

40/60

Instrumented sagittal knee laxity ≤ 2 mm, n (%)

2617 (10.3)

Negative pivot shift test, n (%)

3240 (11.3)

Pivoting sport leading to injury, n (%)

17,675 (57.3)

Graft choice

 Hamstring tendon, n (%)

25,127 (83.2)

 Bone–patella tendon–bone, n (%)

2865 (9.5)

 Quadriceps tendon–bone or quadriceps tendon, n (%)

1410 (4.7)

 Other, n (%)

785 (2.6)

 Meniscal damage, n (%)

13,316 (43.9)

 Cartilage damage, n (%)

4500 (17.5)

 KOOS4, mean ± SD

55 ± 15.5

 Tegner activity score, mean ± SD

3.1 ± 1.9