WITHDRAWN: Surgical versus conservative interventions for anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in adults.

This review has been withdrawn, as of Issue 4, 2016, because it has been superseded by a new review (Monk AP, Davies LJ, Hopewell S, Harris K, Beard DJ, Price AJ. Surgical versus conservative interventions for treating anterior cruciate ligament injuries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 4.

Randomized prospective study of ACL reconstruction with interference screw fixation in patellar tendon autografts versus femoral metal plate suspension and tibial post fixation in hamstring tendon autografts: 5-year clinical and radiological follow-up results.

Patellar tendon graft has been the most frequently used material in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, but the hamstring tendons have been increasingly used as well; however, which graft is to be preferred is not adequately supported by existing clinical studies. In this prospective randomized clinical trial, the study hypothesis was that the hamstring tendons are equally good graft material as the patellar tendon in ACL reconstruction. Ninety-nine patients with laxity due to a torn ACL underwent arthroscopically assisted reconstruction with graft randomization according to their birth year to either patellar tendon with metal interference screw fixation or double looped semitendinosus and gracilis tendons with fixation similar to the Endobutton technique using a titanium metal plate suspension proximally and screw-washer postdistally.

Surgical versus conservative interventions for anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in adults.

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament rupture is a common knee injury. Surgical treatment, usually involving reconstruction of the ligament, is widely used especially in active individuals.

Objectives: Evaluation of the effect of surgical treatment compared with conservative treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture.

A prospective randomized study of patellar versus hamstring tendon autografts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Background: Bone-patellar tendon-bone graft has been the most commonly used graft material in anterior cruciate reconstructions, but there has been increasing use of hamstring tendon grafts. However, no existing clinical studies show adequate support for the choice of one graft over the other.

Hypothesis: Hamstring tendons are equally as good as patellar tendon in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions.