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Table 2 Patient demographics

From: Posterior cruciate ligament repair seems safe with low failure rates but more high level evidence is needed: a systematic review

Author

Sample size

Agea

Gender

Follow-up (months)a

MLKI

Cause

Time to surgery (days)a

Male

Female

Heitmann et al

69

34.2 (18–60)

49

20

14 (12–18)

Yes (dislocation)

 

7.3

Hopper et al

16

37 (19–57)

16

0

48 (24–66)

Yes (5/16)

  

Hua et al

17 (18 knees)

38.8 (19–62)

10

7

57.6 (29–88)

Yes (dislocation)

11 HVT; 6 LVT

5–10

Kohl et al

35

33.4 (17.4–55.6)

26

9

26 (12–42)

Yes (dislocation)

35 HVT

 < 2b

Otto et al

14

37.4 (16–75)

8

6

19.9 (12–35)

Yes

 

10.2

Owens et al

25 (28 knees)

35.2 (17–67)

19

6

48 (13–82)

Yes (dislocation)

19 HVT; 6 LVT

17 (1–101)

Shirakura et al

20

26.4 (13–49)

17

3

79 (62–120)

No

14 HVT; 6 LVT

 < 14b

Vermeijden et al

19

 

12

7

 > 6

Yes

 

15

Wheatley et al

11

22.4 (15–45)

8

3

51.4 (13.4–127.9)

Yes

2 HVT; 9 LVT

16.2 (0–48)

  1. MLKI multi ligament knee injury, LVT Low velocity trauma, HVT High velocity trauma
  2. aData are presented as Mean (Range)
  3. bThe time frame in which surgery was carried out