Table 1.

Characteristics of patients

Patient	Sex	Age	Affected side	Traumatic mechanism	Time from injury to operation (days)
1	Male	27	Left	Falling down while running	4
2	Male	16	Left	Jumping from a height	6
3	Male	24	Left	Ball games	3
4	Male	29	Right	Ball games	3
5	Male	36	Left	Falling down while running	5
6	Male	31	Left	Ball games	4
7	Male	43	Right	Jumping from a height	4
8	Male	53	Left	Jumping from a height	8
9	Female	21	Right	Falling down while running	4
10	Female	27	Left	Jumping from a height	4
11	Female	36	Right	Falling down while running	5