
Sports Medicine
Re-rupture rate appears similar between IT band and BPTB autografts in ACL reconstruction
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2014 Sep;22(9):2094-101.60 patients scheduled for primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were randomized to receive either an iliotibial band autograft (ITB) or bone-patella-tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft. This study aimed to investigate whether an ITB autograft is a reliable long-term alternative to a bone-patella-tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft in ACL reconstruction. Results demonstrated no significant differences in re-rupture rates, functional or clinical outcome scores between groups at 15 year follow-up.
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