BMJ  2006;332 (29 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7548.0

Hamstring autografts may be better than patellar tendon autografts

Patients with hamstring autografts report fewer anterior knee symptoms and extension deficits than patients with bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts for reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament. Biau and colleagues (p 995) conducted a meta-analysis of 18 studies that evaluated stability and morbidity after treatment with hamstring or patellar tendon autograft. Stability of the two autografts was found to be similar. Study quality was poor, however, for nine of the studies and fair for the other nine, which calls into question the robustness of the analyses.

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