ArticleInternational orthopaedics2022
Hamstring tendon autografts and allografts show comparable clinical outcomes and knee stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients over fifty years old with no signs of osteoarthritis progression.
Article in International orthopaedics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07387939 (Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Patients Aged 50 Years and Older), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Patients Aged 50 Years and Older
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Medium-term functional outcomes comparing soft-tissue autografts with allografts in primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction : a systematic review and meta-analysis.Bone & joint open · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of clinical, radiological, and second-look arthroscopic outcomes between hamstring autograft and tibialis allograft following remnant-tensioning anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Serial change of femoral and tibial tunnel width after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with allograft.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: a historical view.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Review
- Femoral Tunnel Position Affects Postoperative Femoral Tunnel Widening after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Tibialis Anterior Allograft.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Reconstruction of chronic anterior cruciate ligament rupture using the ligament advanced reinforcement system artificial ligament-comparisons between patients over 50 years and under 50 years.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Functional and clinical outcome of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with peroneus longus autograft and correlation with MRI after 3 years.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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8 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study is to compare the functional outcomes and osteoarthritis (OA) progression after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with either hamstring autografts or allografts in people over 50.
methodsThe clinical records of two consecutive cohorts of 61 cases in total over 50 years of age, undergoing ACL reconstruction, were included. The first cohort consisted of 29 allografts; the second cohort consisted of 32 autologous hamstring tendon grafts. The cases were evaluated pre- (T
resultsNo pre-operative difference was found between the two groups (p > 0.05). No statistical difference was noted between the two groups at each follow-up (p > 0.05). At the final follow-up, both the groups significantly improved statistically in all the clinical and functional scores (p < 0.05). In both groups, one graft re-rupture was noted. No progression of OA was noted in both groups at final follow-up (p > 0.05).
conclusionThe graft choice does not influence the outcomes two years after ACL reconstruction in people over 50; thus, both treatments help in regaining knee stability with no signs of OA progression. REGISTRATION: Researchregistry7539- www.researchregistry.com .
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