Primary Repair versus Reconstruction in Patients with Bilateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: What Do Patients Prefer?

Table 1

Patient demographics of patients treated with primary ACL repair and ACL reconstruction.

	Primary repair	Reconstruction	P value
Age (years); mean ± SD	33.1 ± 11.6	24.2 ± 10.0	0.010
Male gender; freq. (%)	8 (38%)	8 (38%)	N/A
First surgery; freq. (%)	0 (0%)	21 (100%)	<0.001
Right side; freq. (%)	9 (43%)	12 (57%)	0.355
Follow-up (years); ±SD	1.9 ± 0.8	10.3 ± 5.9	<0.001

N/A indicates not applicable.