Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Characteristic	MA group	WA group	p-value
No. of patients	26	26	-
Age (yr)	26.5±9.2 (16–41)	23.7±5.2 (16–33)	0.60
Sex (male:female)	12:14	13:13	-
Meniscus injury (rasping/meniscectomy/repair)	14 (7/1/6)	13 (5/2/6)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	22.0±2.5 (17.7–27.6)	22.4±2.7 (18.0–26.9)	0.46
Interval from injury to ACL surgery (day)	127.6±56.5 (32–280)	119.7±51.7 (35–272)	0.57
Interval from ACL surgery to second-look arthroscopy (day)	419.7±61.9 (253–417)	411.4±133.8 (273–452)	0.23

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation (range).

MA: minimal ablation, WA: wide ablation, ACL: anterior cruciate ligament.