Today was a day devoted strictly to working on my project. In the morning, I worked in an office space to continue compiling the final data for my project in Microsoft Excel. I spent all morning sorting through each patient’s operative report to determine age, gender, graft type, months since surgery, and the femoral fixations. For some patients, I additionally noted if they had a meniscus repair or a microfracture as these affect data. In total, I sorted through approximately 150 reports. The next step in the project is to begin an analysis of the sorted data. Based on the results, I will find averages and find trends and sort the data based on it.
To continue to the research, I will be calling each patient to discuss whether their surgery was a success or a failure, depending on whether or not they needed a revision surgery. A lot of work is still impending, but the data shall be interesting to see when it’s all said and done!
