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Similar Long-Term Clinical Outcomes with BPTB and QTP Autografts in ACL Reconstruction

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December 2020

Similar Long-Term Clinical Outcomes with BPTB and QTP Autografts in ACL Reconstruction

Vol: 9| Issue: 12| Number:3| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Quadriceps tendon vs. patellar tendon autograft for ACL reconstruction using a hardware-free press-fit fixation technique: comparable stability, function and return-to-sport level but less donor site morbidity in athletes after 10 years.

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (2020) 140:1465–1474.

Contributing Authors:
A Barie T Sprinckstub J Huber A Jaber

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Synopsis

Sixty athletes with primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears were randomized to receive an ACL reconstruction with the use of a quadriceps tendon patellar bone (QTB) autograft or a bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB) autograft. Outcomes of interest included the Lysholm knee score, Tegner score, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) score, the KT-1000 arthrometer for knee stability, ...

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