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. 2019 Nov 21;7(11):2325967119880487. doi: 10.1177/2325967119880487

TABLE 4.

Change of Surgeons Between Primary and Revision ACLRa

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).