Hamstring autograft, bone-patellar-tendon-bone autograft and synthetic graft in primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A meta-analysis of comparative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) yields favourable results, but failure and reinjury rates are still a concern. Graft choice is a modifiable risk factor for surgeons to avoid failure. The topic of optimal graft selection remains a subject of ongoing debate. Graft choices include autografts, allografts and synthetic grafts. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare functional outcomes and complications between autografts, hamstring (HT) tendon and bone-patellar-tendon-bone, and synthetic graft in primary ACLR.

Methods

The PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus and Cochrane Central databases were used for the research, and nine studies were included. The first author, journal name, year of publication, patient demographics, type of surgery, type of graft used f

SUBMITTER: Mercurio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272514 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature