TABLE IV.
Outcome Measures Analyzed From QT vs. BPTB Autograft Studies*
| nQT:BPTB | Mean Difference (95% CI) QT-BPTB |
Risk Ratio (95% CI) QT:BPTB |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Side-to-side difference, mean | 248:311 | −0.18 (−0.65 to 0.29) | 0.45 | |
| Side-to-side difference >3 mm | 518:413 | 0.77 (0.49-1.18) | 0.23 | |
| Lachman grade 0 | 390:316 | 1.02 (0.91-1.14) | 0.76 | |
| Lachman grade 0 or 1 | 390:316 | 1.00 (0.97-1.03) | 0.79 | |
| Pivot-shift grade 0 | 416:341 | 1.04 (0.98-1.1) | 0.23 | |
| Pivot-shift grade 0 or 1 | 390:316 | 1.00 (0.97-1.02) | 0.85 | |
| Lysholm score, mean | 357:459 | −0.81 (−1.77 to 0.15) | 0.1 | |
| Objective IKDC A or B | 328:427 | 0.97 (0.92-1.02) | 0.2 | |
| Subjective IKDC, mean | 168:252 | 2.08 (−2.38 to 6.55) | 0.36 | |
| Donor-site pain | 439:287 | 0.25 (0.18-0.36) | <0.0000 | |
| Graft failure | 439:287 | 0.72 (0.28-1.84) | 0.5 |
*
BTB = bone-patellar tendon-bone, CI = confidence interval, IKDC = International Knee Documentation Committee, and QT = quadriceps tendon.
Reproduced, with permission, from: Mouarbes D, Menetrey J, Marot V, Courtot L, Berard E, Cavaignac E. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes for quadriceps tendon autograft versus bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon autografts. Am J Sports Med. 2019;47(14):3531-40.