Table 3.
Characteristics of the included studies in this systematic review
| Reference | Type | LOE | Follow-up | Inclusion period | Knees at final FU | Mean Age (y) | Sex (M/F) | Surgical details | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACL | ACL + LA | All | ACL | ACL + LA | ACL | ACL + LA | ACL | ACL + LA | ACL | ACL + LA | ||||||||
| (Mo) | Start | End | Start | End | Graft | ACL graft | AL type | AL graft | ||||||||||
| Castoldi et al. [1] | RCT | I | 232.8 | 01/1998 | 09/1999 | 01/1998 | 09/1999 | 80 | 42 | 38 | NR | NR | NR | NR | BPTB | BPTB | LET | Grac |
| Ibrahim et al. [26] | RCT | II | 27 | 01/2014 | 06/2014 | 01/2014 | 06/2014 | 103 | 50 | 53 | 26 | 26 | 50/0 | 53/0 | HT | HT | ALLR | Grac |
| Hamido et al. [18] | RCT | I | 60 | 04/2014 | 03/2015 | 04/2014 | 03/2015 | 102 | 52 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 52/0 | 50/0 | HT | HT | ALLR | Grac |
| Sonnery-Cottet et al. [55] | Cohort | II | 38.4 | 01/2012 | 05/2014 | 01/2012 | 05/2014 | 502 | 176 | 221 | 23.5 | 21.8 | 116/60 | 152/69 | HT | HT | ALLR | Grac |
| 01/2012 | 05/2014 | - | - | - | 105 | - | 22.1 | - | 96/9 | - | BPTB | - | - | - | ||||
| Goncharov et al. [15] | Cohort | II | 24 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 48 | 30 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | BPTB | BPTB | ALLR | Grac/SemiT |
| Helito et al. [21] | Cohort | III | 26 | 01/2011 | 06/2012 | 01/2014 | 06/2015 | 101 | 68 | 33 | 33.9 | 33.1 | 59/9 | 30/03 | HT | HT | ALLR | Grac |
| Helito et al. [22] | Cohort | III | 28.1 | 01/2011 | 01/2013 | 01/2015 | 08/2016 | 90 | 60 | 30 | 29.9 | 27 | 28/32 | 13/17 | HT | HT | ALLR | Grac |
| Rowan et al. [50] | Cohort | III | 27 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 171 | 125 | 46 | 29 | 27 | 67/58 | 27/19 | HT | HT | LET | ITB |
| Porter et al. [45] | RCT | II | 24 | 07/2014 | 01/2017 | 07/2014 | 01/2017 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 22.3 | 21.8 | NR | NR | HT | HT | MITBT | ITB |
| Getgood et al. [14] | RCT | I | 24 | 01/2014 | 03/2017 | 01/2014 | 03/2017 | 589 | 298 | 291 | 18.8 | 19.1 | NR | NR | HT | HT | LET | ITB |
| Vadalà et al. [58] | Cohort | II | 44.6 | 01/2005 | 12/2006 | 01/2005 | 12/2006 | 55 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 26 | NR | NR | HT | HT | CA | ITB |
ACL Anterior Cruciate Ligament, ALLR Anter Lateral Ligament Reconstruction, BPTB Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone, CA Cocker-Arnold (Modified Lemaire procedure), Grac Gracilis, HT Hamstrings Tendon, ITB IlioTibial Band, LA Lateral Augmentation, LET Lateral Extraarticular Tenodesis, LOE Level of Evidenc, MITBT Modified Iliotibial Band Tenodesis, NR Not Reported, RCT Randomized Control Trial, SemiT Semitendinosus