Table 1. Characteristics of the study.

ACL: anterior cruciate ligament

Authors	Year	Study type	Sample size	Follow-up duration	Success rate	Failure rate	Reoperation rate	Clinical outcome measures
Rockborn and Messner [13]	2000	Comparative study	60 patients	13 years	90%	23%	20%	No significant difference in knee function between groups; radiographic changes were similar in both groups
Stein et al. [14]	2010	Cohort study	81 patients	8.8 years	96.2%	-	-	Better osteoarthritis prevention and sports activity recovery after repair
Nepple et al. [15]	2012	Systematic review and meta-analysis	566 patients	>5 years	76.9%	23.1%	20.2%-24.3%	Failure rate similar for medial and lateral meniscus
Siebold et al. [16]	2007	Case series	113 patients	6 years	71.6%	28.4%	28.4%	Device-specific complications mean Lysholm scored 91 points
Paxton et al. [17]	2011	Systematic review	284 repairs, 143 meniscectomies	Short and long term	N/A	20.7%	20.7%	Higher reoperation rates for repairs but better long-term outcomes
Johnson et al. [18]	1999	Retrospective study	48 patients	10 years, 9 months	76%	24%	-	8% minimal joint changes
Lee et al. [19]	2009	Case series	20 patients	2 years	95.2%	4.8%	4.8%	Significant improvement in clinical scores
Petersen et al. [20]	2021	Systematic review	Various	>7 years	-	Acceptable	Acceptable	Good long-term outcomes
Noyes and Barber-Westin [21]	2000	Prospective case series	29 patients	34 months	87%	13%	13%	ACL reconstruction increased the success rate
Westermann et al. [22]	2014	Prospective cohort study	235 patients	6 years	86%	14%	14%	Significant improvement in patient outcomes