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Inpatient and outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction yield similar outcomes

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November 2018

Inpatient and outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction yield similar outcomes

Vol: 7| Issue: 11| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Pain experience and functional outcome of inpatient versus outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, an equivalence randomized controlled trial with 12 months follow-up

Knee. 2015 Mar;22(2):111-6.

Contributing Authors:
WE Tuinebreijer RS Breederveld GA Buijze KP Valkering CJ van Bergen PH Nagel

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Synopsis

46 patients with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture were randomized to be discharged 2 days after ACL reconstruction surgery (inpatient group) or on the same day as the procedure (outpatient group). The purpose of the study was to compare the two groups with respect to pain, function, and safety outcome measures up to 1 year postoperatively. The results indicated that the two groups had s...

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