Table 3.

summary of reviewed studies

Authors (year)	Clinical and instrumental evaluations	Score applied	Outcomes of study	Complications reported
Memeo et al. (2012)	Growth disturbances, early physeal arrest, limb discrepancy, angular deviation, KT 1000	Orthopadische Arbeitsgruppe Knie Score (OAK)	Return to sport rate: 100%, no alteration noticed in clinical and instrumental tests, OAK scored good to excellent except for one fair	Re-injury rate: 10%
Shelbourne et al. (2004)	Growth disturbances, early physeal arrest, limb discrepancy, angular deviation, medial or lateral joint space narrowing, knee range of motion, growth in height, isokinetic quadriceps muscle strength, KT 1000, Lachman test, mean growth since surgery	IKDC 2000 subjective score, Modified Noyes knee Questionnaire (MNKQ)	Return to sport rate: 100%, no alteration noticed in clinical and instrumental tests, mean growth since surgery was 8.7 cm (range 5.1;16.5), IKDC averaged 95.4 ± 6.9, Modified Noyes Knee questionnaire averaged 97.6 ± 2,9	Re-injury rate: 6.25%, contralateral ACL tear rate: 12.5%
Fuchs et al. (2002)	Early physeal arrest, limb discrepancy, angular deviation, range of motion, KT 1000, mean growth since surgery	IKDC 2000 subjective score, Lysholm-Gillquist score (LGS)	Return to sport rate: 90, no alteration noticed in clinical and instrumental tests, mean growth since surgery was 10 cm, IKDC scored 7 normal, 2 almost normal and 1 abnormal, LGS averaged 95 (9 excellent and 1 fair)	Re-injury rate: 0%
McCarrol et al. (1994)	Growth disturbances, limb discrepancy, angular deviation, KT 1000, mean growth since surgery	NA	No alteration noticed in clinical and instrumental tests, mean growth since surgery was 2.3 cm (range: 0;10.2)	Re-injury rate: 5%