Reduced knee laxity and failure rate following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction compared with repair for acute tears: a meta-analysis

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Table 2 Surgical techniques

Author	Journal	Technique	Surgical procedure	Procedures number
Achtnich et al. 2016 [22]	Arthroscopy	Repair	Arthroscopic suture anchor repair	20
Achtnich et al. 2016 [22]	Arthroscopy	Reconstruction	4SHT	20
Hoogeslag et al. 2019 [27]	Am J Sports Med	Repair	DIS	24
Hoogeslag et al. 2019 [27]	Am J Sports Med	Reconstruction	4SHT	24
Kosters et al. 2020 [28]	Am J Sports Med	Repair	DIS	43
Kosters et al. 2020 [28]	Am J Sports Med	Reconstruction	4SHT	42
Murray et al. 2020 [29]	Am J Sports Med	Repair	BEAR	65
		Reconstruction	4SHT	33
		Reconstruction	BPTB	2
Schliemann et al. 2017 [30]	Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc	Repair	DIS	30
Schliemann et al. 2017 [30]	Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc	Reconstruction	4SHT	30
Sporsheim et al. 2019 [41]	J Bone Joint Surg Am	Repair	Open ACL repair	39
		Repair	Open ACL repair with LAD	39
		Reconstruction	BPTB	35
Vanderlist et al. 2017 [17]	The Knee	Repair	Arthroscopic suture anchor repair	52
		Reconstruction	4SAT	49
			BPTB	38
			4SHT	3
Vermeijden et al. 2020 [42]	Arthroscopy	Repair	Arthroscopic suture anchor repair	49
		Reconstruction	4SAT	14
			BPTB	9
			4SHT	7

4SHT: four-strand hamstring tendon; DIS: dynamic intraligamentary stabilization; BEAR: bridge-enhanced ACL repair; BPTB: bone–patellar tendon–bone; LAD: ligament augmentation device; 4SAT: four-strand allograft tendon