Table 3 Demographic characteristics of patients who had versus did not have successful healing after treatment (repair or conservative) of meniscal tears

Age (years)

29 ± 10

27 ± 11

0.464

Sex (Male:Female)

76:17

14:4

0.695

BMI (kg/m²)

25 ± 3

26 ± 5

0.112

Follow-up (months)

24 ± 7

29 ± 28

0.12

STSD at second look (mm)

2.4 ± 2.7

1.8 ± 2.0

0.437

Graft (n)

0.165

 Hamstring autograft

35

6

 BPTB autograft

0

1

 Achilles allograft

3

2

 Tibialis allograft

39

4

 Mixed graft^a

15

5

 Unknown

1

0

Femoral tunnel preparation (n)

0.891

 Transportal

47

8

 Outside-in

27

6

 Transtibial

19

4

 MM tears

35

9

0.598

 LM tears

23

4

 Both MM + LM tears

35

5

Meniscal tear type (n)

0.13

 Longitudinal

77

13

 Radial

11

2

 Horizontal

2

0

 Complex

3

3

Meniscal tear location (n)

0.283

 Anterior horn

3

1

 Body

3

2

 Posterior horn

75

11

 B-P

10

4

 A-P

2

0

 Repair

78

15

0.954

 Left in situ

15

3