
Sports Medicine
All-inside versus conventional ACL reconstruction: impact on postoperative pain?
Knee. 2014 Jan;21(1):102-6. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2013.09.006. Epub 2013 Oct 546 patients scheduled for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were randomized to undergo surgery using either the all-inside technique or conventional technique. The purpose was to compare postoperative pain between the two techniques at 1 month following surgery, and measures of radiographic and functional outcome at 6 months. The results indicated lower pain with the all-inside technique, however the assessment was underpowered. Functional outcome was similar between the two techniques.
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