Table 2.

Differences Between No-Staple and Staple Groups

Variable	Subgroup	No Staple (n = 330)	Staple (n = 167)	P Value
Sex	Female	2 (0.6)	1 (0.6)	.992
	Male	328 (99.4)	166 (99.4)
Laterality	Right	186 (56.4)	104 (62.3)	.207
	Left	144 (43.6)	63 (37.7)
Mechanism	Sport	157 (47.5)	79 (47.3)	.255
	Right	9 (2.7)	8 (4.8)
Associated injuries	Yes	155 (47.0)	89 (53.3)	.183
	No	175 (53.0)	78 (46.7)
Graft number	Two strands	0 (0.0)	1 (0.6)	.000∗
	Three strands	9 (2.7)	1 (0.6)
	Four strands	30 (9.1)	4 (2.4)
	Five strands	223 (67.6)	159 (95.2)
	Six strands	67 (20.3)	2 (1.2)
	Seven strands	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)
Complications	Yes	80 (24.2)	45 (26.9)	.512
	No	250 (75.8)	122 (22.1)
Failure	Yes	13 (3.9)	4 (2.4)	.371
	No	317 (96.1)	163 (97.6)
Age, y		30.30 ± 7.24	30.61 ± 6.99	.651
BMI		27.76 ± 4.20	29.38 ± 30.30	.344
Follow-up time, mo		23.66 ± 13.69	22.42 ± 12.46	.325
Operative time, h		1.17 ± 0.31	1.23 ± 0.35	.068
Injury to surgery time, mo		22.57 ± 32.15	24.33 ± 36.27	.592
Graft size		8.85 ± 0.62	8.90 ± 1.07	.568
Time to failure from surgery, mo.		27.20 ±20.52	19.50 ± 5.75	.480

BMI, body mass index.

^∗P < .05.