A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Patellar Tendon, Hamstring Tendon and Double-Bundle ACL Reconstructions: Patient-Reported and Clinical Outcomes at a Minimal Two-Year Follow-Up

Abstract

This prospective, double-blind randomized clinical trial shows no difference in disease-specific quality-of-life outcome at two-years post-op, in patients receiving anatomic patellar tendon, quadruple-stranded hamstring and double-bundle hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction. More traumatic graft injuries occurred in the HT and DB groups, but similar atraumatic graft “failures” between groups.