Double-bundle Versus Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Tampere University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: ACL Injury

Treatments: Procedure: ACL reconstruction: Double bundle; Procedure: ACL reconstruction: Single bundle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06001164

R20001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare double-bundle and single-bundle techniques for ACL reconstruction in a long-term 15-year follow-up. Our hypothesis is that the DB technique is better than the SB technique.

Enrollment: 153 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be eligible for the study, patients had to meet certain criteria, including primary ACL reconstruction, closed growth plates, and no ligamentous injuries to the contralateral knee.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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153 participants in 2 patient groups

Double-bundle

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL reconstruction: Double bundle

Single-bundle

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: ACL reconstruction: Single bundle