Functional outcomes of all-inside arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament repair with loop suture versus free-edge suture

Table 1 Characterization of the Sample

Variable	Loop suture group (n = 36)	Free-edge suture group (n = 35)	P^avalue
Age, yr	33.83 ± 8.59	35.71 ± 9.00	0.371^b
Sex			0.116^c
Male	22	20
Female	14	15
BMI, kg/m²	24.63 ± 2.45	24.26 ± 2.71	0.552^b
Side			0.338^c
Right	23	20
Left	13	15
VAS, mm	6.00 ± 1.94	6.17 ± 1.93	0.710^b
AOFAS	70.47 ± 9.06	72.03 ± 9.30	0.477^b
KAFS	67.03 ± 8.88	67.34 ± 11.23	0.896^b
ATT	7.19 ± 1.37	7.20 ± 1.32	0.986^b
Time between injury and surgery, mo	15.75 ± 3.16	15.63 ± 2.84	0.865^b
Length of surgicalprocedure, min	47.61 ± 4.49	43.46 ± 5.70	0.001^b
Hospital stay, days	3.58 ± 0.60	3.60 ± 0.65	0.911^b
Follow-up, mo	22.97 ± 7.11	22.46 ± 7.22	0.763^b

BMI body mass index; VAS visual analogue scale; AOFAS American orthopaedic foot and ankle society; KAFS Karlsson ankle function score; ATT anterior talar translation
^aA value p < 0.05 was set as statistically significant
^bt test
^cPearson χ² test

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