
Sports Medicine
Inpatient and outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction yield similar outcomes
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Knee. 2015 Mar;22(2):111-6.
46 patients with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture were randomized to be discharged 2 days after ACL reconstruction surgery (inpatient group) or on the same day as the procedure (outpatient group). The purpose of the study was to compare the two groups with respect to pain, function, and safety outcome measures up to 1 year postoperatively. The results indicated that the two groups had similar outcomes, and that both approaches allowed for a safe recovery following the procedure.
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