Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Number of patients | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 15 |
| Female | 2 | |
| Side of injury | Right | 9 |
| Left | 8 | |
| Age at surgery (years) | 28.53 | |
| Time between injury and surgery (months) | 6.64 | |
| Time between surgery and evaluation (years) | 10 | |
| Associated injury | Chondral lesion | 2 |
| Medial meniscus | 7 | |
| Medial Collateral Ligament (not addressed) | 0 | |
| Lateral meniscus | 0 | |
| Type of trauma | Sprain | 13 |
| Hyperextension | 0 | |
| Fall while (snow) skiing | 1 | |
| Fall from standing height | 1 | |
| Fall from a motorcycle at a slow speed | 2 | |
| Surgery pre-reconstruction | ACL stump resection | 1 |
| Surgery post-reconstruction | Arthroscopic retinaculum release | 1 |
| Partial lateral meniscectomy | 1 | |
| Patelar osteosynthesis | 1 | |
| Medial meniscectomy | 3 | |
Source: Belo Horizonte Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology.