Table 1 The demographic date of the two groups

Number of patients

32

23

–

Age (years)

44.6±11.9

47.8±14.9

0.379

Gender (n (%))

0.099

 Male

27 (84.4%)

15 (65.2%)

 Female

5 (15.6%)

8 (34.8%)

Injury mechanism (n (%))

0.315

 Vehicle accident

21 (65.6%)

12 (52.2%)

 Falling

11 (34.4%)

11 (47.8%)

Associated lesions

N/A

 Meniscal tears

14

3

 ACL tears

3

N/A

Follow-up time (months)

28.9±3.1

30.7±6.7

0.187

Time interval from injury to surgery (days)

6.7±2.2

7.7±2.6

0.129

Schatzker classification (n (%))

0.593

 Schatzker I

4 (12.5%)

2 (8.7%)

  Schatzker II

19 (59.4%)

17 (73.9%)

 Schatzker III

9 (28.1%)

4 (17.4%)