TABLE 2.

Patient Demographics^a

	Overall	Group 1 (4-Strand)	Group 2 (6-Strand)
No. of patients	65	19	46
Age (range), y	45 (28-77)	44 (29-64)	47.6 (28-77)
Side, left:right	31:34	10:9	21:25
Gender, male:female	53:12	15:4	38:8
Tegner preinjury median (range)	7 (2-9)	7 (3-8)	7 (2-9)
Time elapsed from injury to surgery (range), d	6 (1-14)	4 (2-13)	6 (1-14)

^aThere were no significant differences in demographic characteristics between the 2 groups.