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No difference between BTB and ST autograft for ACL reconstruction at long-term follow-up
August 2013
No difference between BTB and ST autograft for ACL reconstruction at long-term follow-up
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1
Patellar tendon or semitendinosus tendon autografts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective, randomized study with a 7-Year follow-up.
Am J Sports Med. 2007 May;35(5):740-8. Epub 2007 Feb 9Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
71 patients with an ACL rupture were randomized to receive ACL reconstruction using either a central third bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft or a triple/quadruple semitendinosus autograft. The results at the 7 year follow up period indicated that similar outcomes were achieved using either the central third BTB autograft or the triple/quadruple ST autograft. In addition, in contrast to short-ter...
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