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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 One-year postoperative data on objective knee laxity and subjective outcomes

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

1 year postoperative follow-up

 < 3 months n = 2036

 > 3 months n = 12,975

P value

 < 6 months n = 6261

 > 6 months n = 8750

P value

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

1752 (86.1)

10,670 (82.2)

 < 0.001

5266 (84.1)

7156 (81.8)

 < 0.001

Instrumented sagittal knee laxity in mm, mean ± SD

1.2 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 1.5

 <0 .001

1.3 ± 1.4

1.4 ± 1.5

 <0 .001

1 year postoperative follow-up

 < 3 months n = 2416

 > 3 months n = 15,212

P value

 < 6 months n = 7317

 > 6 months n = 10,311

P value

Negative pivot shift test score, n (%)

1979 (85.1)

11,925 (81.1)

 < .001

5839 (82.7)

8065 (80.9)

0.003

1 year postoperative follow-up

 < 3 months n = 1180

 > 3 months n = 7995

P value

 < 6 months n = 3686

 > 6 months n = 5489

P value

KOOS4, mean ± SD

69 ± 17.2

70 ± 17.4

0.063

69 ± 17.1

70 ± 17.5

0.007

Tegner activity score, mean ± SD

5.4 ± 2.1

4.9 ± 1.9

 < .001

5.3 ± 2.1

4.8 ± 1.9

 < 0.001