Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Summary of studies included in the present paper reporting results of ACL reconstruction in middle-aged patients
From: Management of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in patients aged 40 years and older
Author | No. of patients | Level of evidence | Mean age (range) | Follow-up period (range) | Graft type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barber et al. [19] | 33 | II prospective clinical trial | 44 years (40–52) | 21 months (12–36) | 12 BPTB, 21 Allograft |
Heier et al. [24] | 45 | III retrospective cohort study | 44.6 years (40–62) | 37 months (24–96) | BPTB |
Plancher et al. [25] | 75 | III retrospective cohort study | 45 years (40–60) | 55 months (26–117) | BPTB |
Viola et al. [20] | 11 | III retrospective case–control study | 42.6 years (40–47) | 29 months (12–42) | BPTB |
Brandsson et al. [21] | 30 | III retrospective case–control study | 43 years (40–51) | 31 months (22–60) | BPTB |
Zysk et al. [22] | 102 | III retrospective case–control study | 46 years (40–59) | 29 months (12–46) | Primary suture with or without semitendinosus tendon augmentation |
Kuechle et al. [13] | 47 | III retrospective cohort study | 45 years (40.2–60.8) | 59.7 months (24–110) | Allograft |
Barrett et al. [26] | 63 | III retrospective cohort study | 47.13 years (40–58) Allograft | 36.4 months (24–74) Allograft | 38 Allograft, 25 BPTB |
44.52 years (40–54) BPTB | 44.4 months (24–99) BPTB | ||||
Javernick et al. [27] | 84 | III retrospective cohort study | 45 years (40-56) | 43 months (12–72) | Hamstrings |
Marquass et al. [29] | 28 | IV case series | 45.4 years (40–61) | 30.4 months (14–57) | Hamstrings |
Khan et al. [30] | 21 | IV case series | 44 years (40–56) | 24.5 months (12–37) | Hamstrings |
Barber et al. [15] | 11 | III retrospective case–control study | 44 years (40–56) | 35 months (24–58) | BPTB allograft |
Blyth et al. [28] | 31 | III retrospective cohort study | 54.5 years (50–66) | 46 months (24–95) | 10 BPTB, 21 hamstrings |
Stein et al. [14] | 19 | IV case series | 54 years (49–64) | 24 months (9–48) | Allograft |
Dahm et al. [31] | 35 | IV case series | 57 years (50–66) | 72 months (25–173) | 23 Allograft, 12 BPTB |
Trojani et al. [32] | 18 | IV case series | 57 years (51–66) | 31 months (12–59) | Hamstrings |
Osti et al. [23] | 20 | III retrospective case–control study | 56 years (50–62) | 32 months (24–49) | N/a |