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Surgery

Thomas Jefferson University

2024

ACL

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Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft, The Incidence Of Anterior Knee Pain Ranges From 5.4% To 48.4% And The Incidence Of Kneeling Pain Ranges From 4.0% To 75.6%: A Systematic Review Of Level I Studies, Liam Peebles, Ramesses Akamefula, Zachary Aman, Arjun Verma, Anthony Scillia, Mary Mulcahey, Matthew Kraeutler Feb 2024

Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft, The Incidence Of Anterior Knee Pain Ranges From 5.4% To 48.4% And The Incidence Of Kneeling Pain Ranges From 4.0% To 75.6%: A Systematic Review Of Level I Studies, Liam Peebles, Ramesses Akamefula, Zachary Aman, Arjun Verma, Anthony Scillia, Mary Mulcahey, Matthew Kraeutler

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

PURPOSE: To (1) perform a systematic review of level I randomized controlled trials (RCTs) detailing the incidence of anterior knee pain and kneeling pain following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft and (2) investigate the effect of bone grafting the patellar harvest site on anterior knee and kneeling pain.

METHODS: A systematic review of level I studies from 1980 to 2023 was performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The primary outcome evaluated was the presence of donor site morbidity in the form of anterior knee pain or kneeling pain. A …