• Xin He, Xiong-Gang Yang, Jiang-Tao Feng, Feng Wang, Hong-Chao Huang, Jin-Quan He, and Yong-Cheng Hu.
• Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Tianjin Hospital, 300211, Tianjin, China.
• Injury. 2020 Aug 1; 51 (8): 1714-1725.

BackgroundThe most frequently used auto-grafts for ACL reconstruction (ACLR) are bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) and four-strand hamstring tendon (4S-HT), but significant controversy exists about which graft is better. This study aimed to compare the knee outcomes following ACLR with BPTB and 4S-HT autografts.MethodsSubgroup meta-analyses were performed basing on available randomised controlled trials (RCTs) according to different follow-up intervals. 23 RCTs were eligible for inclusion, involving 933 participants in each treatment group.ResultsOnly short-term (≤2 years) knee anteroposterior and rotational stability were significantly poorer with 4S-HT when compared to BPTB autograft, as judged by side-to-side difference on knee laxity (WMD=-0.50, 95%CI -0.81~-0.18, p=0.002) and pivot-shift test (OR=0.58, 95%CI 0.39~0.88, p=0.010), respectively. The IKDC objective grade was evident to be in favour of 4S-HT group in mid-term (3-5 years) follow-up (OR=0.63, 95%CI 0.43~0.92, p=0.017). Several donor-site related complications, including anterior knee pain, pain with kneeling and extension deficit, were more frequent in BPTB autograft group, while lower short-term iskinetic peak flexion torques both at 60°/S (WMD=8.93, 95%CI 7.88~9.99, p<0.001) and 240°/S (WMD=11.63, 95%CI 9.92~13.34, p<0.001) were caused by HT harvesting.ConclusionBPTB was associated with inferior mid- to long-term (>5 years) knee functional outcomes, and increased frequency of donor-site complications. In contrast, only short-term knee laxity was increased for 4S-HT autograft, which is expected to be improved by providing more conservative rehabilitation protocol and aperture fixation methods.Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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