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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The influence of primary treatment approach on outcomes in patients with osteochondral fracture after patellar dislocation: a case series

 

Surgery, n = 73

Conservative, n = 61

p-Value*

Female, n (%)

40 (55)

22 (56)

1.000

Age during the occurrence of OCF, mean (SD)

20.4 (7.4)

23.8 (9.2)

0.020

Closed physes, n (%)

43 (59)

45 (74)

0.105

BMI, mean (SD)

27.9 (5.3)

28.0 (8.9)

0.971

Follow-up duration in years, mean (SD)

4.6 (2.5)

5.3 (3.0)

0.203

  1. OCF osteochondral fracture, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index
  2. *Calculated using an independent sample t-test in continuous variables or chi-square test in categorical variables