ACL reconstruction: a meta-analysis of functional scores

Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From: Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 13, Issue 4

D.J. Biau, C. Tournoux, S. Katsahian, P. Schranz, R. Nizard,Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research,2007,Vol. 458,pp. 180-187

This review concluded that there was no difference between bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring grafts with respect to function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Despite the considerable procedural strengths of the review, the authors’ conclusions may be unreliable because of the clinical variability of the included studies.

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