Partial meniscectomy adversely affects return-to-sport outcome after anatomical double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to determine whether the partial meniscectomy combined with ACL reconstruction affect the postoperative return-to-sport and to identify if partial meniscectomy has an influence on the graft failure following an anatomical double-bundle ACL reconstruction case.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study including 426 primary double bundle ACL reconstruction cases. There were 206 males and 220 females, median age of 28.