A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Patellar Tendon, Hamstring Tendon, and Double-Bundle ACL Reconstructions: Patient-Reported and Clinical Outcomes at a Minimal 2-Year Follow-up.
Clin J Sport Med
; 25(4): 321-31, 2015 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25514139
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare 3 anatomically positioned autografts for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, by measuring patient-reported disease-specific quality of life at 2 years postoperatively.DESIGN:
Double-blinded, randomized clinical trial with intraoperative computer-generated treatment allocation. Patients and an independent trained evaluator were blinded.SETTING:
University-based orthopedic referral practice. PATIENTS Three hundred thirty patients (14-50 years; 183 male patients) with isolated ACL deficiency were equally randomized to (1) patellar tendon, PT 28.7 years (SD = 9.7); (2) quadruple-stranded hamstring tendon, HT 28.5 years (SD = 9.9); and (3) double bundle using HT, DB 28.3 years (SD = 9.8); 322 patients completed 2-year follow-up. INTERVENTION Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using PT, HT, or DB autografts. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Measured at baseline, 1 and 2 years postoperatively-primary anterior cruciate ligament quality-of-life scores; secondary International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) scores, KT-1000 arthrometer, pivot shift, range of motion, Tegner activity, Cincinnati Occupational Scale, and single-leg hop. Proportions of correct graft type guesses by the patients and evaluator assessed blinding effectiveness.RESULTS:
Baseline characteristics were not different. Anterior cruciate ligament quality-of-life scores increased over time for all groups (P = 0.001) but were not different at 2 years (P = 0.591) PT = 84.6 (SD = 16.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 81.4-87.8), HT = 82.5 (SD = 17.7, 95% CI = 79.2-85.9), and DB = 82.4 (SD = 17.5, 95% CI = 79.1-85.7). Two-year KT-1000 side-to-side differences (PT = 1.86 mm; HT = 2.97 mm; DB = 2.65 mm) were statistically significant between PT-HT (P = 0.002) and PT-DB (P = 0.044). The remaining secondary outcomes were not statistically different. Correct graft type guesses occurred 51% of the time for patients and 46% for the evaluator.CONCLUSIONS:
Two-year disease-specific quality-of-life outcome was not different between the ACL reconstruction techniques. The PT reconstructions had significantly lower side-to-side differences on static stability measures. Patient and evaluator blinding was achieved. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level 1 (Therapeutic Studies). CLINICAL RELEVANCE This high-quality, large, double-blind randomized clinical trial (RCT) addresses the insufficient evidence in the literature comparing PT, single-bundle hamstring, and DB hamstring reconstructions for ACL rupture in adults. In addition to the clinical and functional results, this RCT uniquely reports on the disease-specific, patient-reported quality-of-life outcome at 2 years postoperatively.
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patellar Ligament
/
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
/
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
/
Knee Joint
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin J Sport Med
Journal subject:
MEDICINA ESPORTIVA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article