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Table 1 Description of included trials

From: Anteromedial versus transtibial technique in single-bundle autologous hamstring ACL reconstruction: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials

Author

Year

Age (years)

Follow-up (months)

Number of patients

Implant

Fixation type

Outcome

Postoperative complication

AM

TT

Bohn.

2015 [36]

AM: 24.3 ± 4.9

TT: 27.5 ± 7.2

12–18

12

11

HT

EB + BS

Lachman test; PS test; KT1000 (SSD); IKDC grades; IKDC scores; KOOS4; Tegner scores; Lysholm scores; 3-D motion analysis

–

Guglielmetti

2014 [13]

< 40

6

38

35

HT

ETD + MIS

Anterior drawer test; Lachman test; PS test; SSD; IKDC grades; length of the femoral tunnel

AM: superficial infection, mobility deficits, and arthrofibrosis

Hussein

2012 [14]

AM: 34.2

TT: 32.6

AM: 50.5

TT: 52

78

72

HT

SF + BS

SSD; PS test; Lysholm scores; IKDC scores; IKDC grades

–

Mirzatolooei

2012 [9]

AM: 26.6

TT: 26.8

> 18

80

88

HT

TransFix

IKDC grades; Lysholm scores; Lachman test; PS test; SSD

AM: saphenous nerve injury

TT: saphenous nerve injury, septic arthritis

Zhang

2012 [37]

28

> 12

31

34

HT

Rigidfix + Intrafix

Lysholm scores; KT-1000 (SSD)

–

  1. AM anteromedial, TT transtibial, HT hamstring tendon, EB Endobutton, BS Bio-interference screw, ETD the Endo Tunnel Device, MIS metal interference screw, SF suspensory fixation, PS pivot-shift, IKDC International Knee Documentation Committee, KOOS Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, SSD side-to-side difference