Fellow Efficiency During Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Improves Over Time, Yet Is Less Than Experienced Physician Assistant But With No Significant Difference in Patient-Reported Outcomes

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the intraoperative efficiency and patient outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) assisted by a sports medicine fellow over the course of the academic year compared with an experienced physician assistant (PA).

Methods

A single-surgeon cohort of primary ACLRs with either bone–tendon–bone autograft or bone–tendon–bone allograft (without any other significant time-consuming procedures such as meniscectomy/repair) were evaluated using a patient registry system over 2 years assisted by an experienced PA compared with an orthopaedic surgery sports medicine fellow. There were 264 primary ACLRs included in this study. Outcomes included evaluation of surgical time, tourniquet time, and patient-reported outcome measures.

Results

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971861 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature