Table 5.
Time to Evaluation and Type of Medical Providers Seena
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Total (N = 93) | All Tears | Partial Tears | Complete Tears | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤6 Wk (n = 73) | >6 Wk (n = 20) | ≤6 Wk (n = 16) | >6 Wk (n = 12) | ≤6 Wk (n = 57) | >6 Wk (n = 8) | ||
| Time from injury to seeing medical professional, d | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Initial practitioner seen, n (%) | |||||||
| Emergency room | 31 (33) | 26 (36) | 5 (25) | 3 (19) | 1 (8) | 23 (40) | 4 (50) |
| Urgent care | 6 (7) | 5 (7) | 1 (5) | 1 (6) | 1 (8) | 4 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Primary care | 19 (20) | 15 (21) | 4 (20) | 7 (44) | 3 (25) | 8 (14) | 1 (13) |
| Nonoperative sports | 9 (10) | 5 (7) | 4 (20) | 0 (0) | 3 (25) | 5 (9) | 1 (13) |
| Other orthopaedic surgeon | 20 (22) | 15 (21) | 5 (25) | 2 (13) | 3 (25) | 13 (23) | 2 (25) |
| Senior author (S.L.M.) | 7 (8) | 6 (8) | 1 (5) | 3 (19) | 1 (8) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) |
| Unknown | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| No. of practitioners seen before surgery | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Time from injury to evaluation by senior author, wk | 19.5 | 2.0 | 83.3 | 1.8 | 126.0 | 2.0 | 19.3 |
aData are presented as the mean unless otherwise indicated.