Long-term Graft Rupture Rates After Combined ACL and Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction Versus Isolated ACL Reconstruction: A Matched-Pair Analysis From the SANTI Study Group.
Bertrand Sonnery-CottetIbrahim HaidarJohnny RayesThomas FradinCedric NgbiloThais Dutra VieiraBenjamin FreychetHerve OuanezarAdnan SaithnaPublished in: The American journal of sports medicine (2021)
Patients who underwent combined ACL+ALLR experienced significantly better long-term ACL graft survivorship, lower overall rates of reoperation, and no increase in complications compared with patients who underwent isolated ACLR. Further, patients who underwent isolated ACLR had a >5-fold increased risk of undergoing revision surgery at a mean follow-up of 104.3 months.