TABLE 4.
Variable | Total, n | Different Surgeon, n | Same Surgeon, n | % Different Surgeon | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revision ACLR | 676 | 301 | 375 | 44.5 | |
Sex | |||||
Male | 458 | 204 | 254 | 44.5 | .991 |
Female | 218 | 97 | 121 | 44.5 | |
Age, y | |||||
<20 | 275 | 107 | 168 | 38.9 | .015b |
≥20 | 401 | 194 | 207 | 48.4 | |
Surgeon volume, primary ACLR/y | |||||
≤10 | 104 | 78 | 26 | 75.0 | <.001b |
11-30 | 157 | 93 | 64 | 59.2 | |
31-50 | 215 | 87 | 128 | 40.5 | |
>50 | 200 | 43 | 157 | 21.5 | |
Time between primary and revision ACLR, y | |||||
≤2 | 383 | 140 | 243 | 36.6 | <.001b |
>2 | 293 | 161 | 132 | 55.0 | |
Ethnicity | |||||
Maori | 93 | 54 | 39 | 58.0 | .005b |
European | 424 | 176 | 248 | 41.5 | |
Pacific | 74 | 33 | 41 | 44.6 | |
Asian | 37 | 22 | 15 | 59.5 | |
Other | 36 | 11 | 25 | 30.6 | |
Unknown | 12 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 |
aACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
bUnivariate analysis suggested a statistically significant difference in the proportion of patients who change surgeons for revision procedures between groups (P < .05).