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Table 2 Radiographic and operative information

From: Home ownership, full-time employment, and other markers of higher socioeconomic status are predictive of shorter time to initial evaluation, shorter time to surgery, and superior postoperative outcomes among lateral patellar instability patients undergoing medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction

Variable

Count (%) or mean ± standard deviation

N

70

Radiographic characteristics

 TT-TG distance on MRI (mm)

17.2 ± 3.9

 TT-TG distance > 15 mm

45 (64.3%)

 Insall-Salvati ratio on MRI

1.2 ± 0.2

 Patellar height

Normal height 30 (42.9%)

Patella alta 40 (57.1%)

 Dejour classification of trochlear dysplasia

Type A 24 (34.3%)

Type B 19 (27.1%)

Type C 13 (18.6%)

Type D 14 (20.0%)

Treatment course and operative information

 Time from symptom onset to initial evaluation (months)

6.4 ± 27.5

 Time from symptom onset to surgery (months)

73.6 ± 104.7

 Procedure laterality

Left 32 (45.7%)|Right 38 (54.3%)

 Graft type

Gracilis 65 (92.9%)|Semitendinosus 5 (7.1%)

 Had concomitant procedure

45 (64.3%)

 Tibial tubercle osteotomy

36 (51.4%)

 Meniscectomy

2 (2.9%)

 Chondroplasty

30 (42.9%)

 Loose body removal

10 (14.3%)

  1. TT-TG tibial tubercle-to-trochlear groove, MRI magnetic resonance imaging