A systematic review of transphyseal ACL reconstruction in children and adolescents: comparing the transtibial and independent femoral tunnel drilling techniques
Open Access
- 25 January 2023
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
- Vol. 10 (1), 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40634-023-00577-0
Abstract
Aim of this systematic review was to analyze the outcome after transphyseal ACL reconstruction in children and adolescents regarding the femoral drilling technique. A systematic literature search was carried out in various databases on studies on transphyseal ACL reconstruction in children and adolescents. The literature search was limited to the last 20 years. Primary outcome criterion was the failure rate. Secondary outcome criteria were growth disturbances such as leg length discrepancies or deformities and clinical scores. The present study was registered prospectively ( www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO ; CRD42022345964). A total of 22 retrospective or prospective case series (level 4 evidence) were identified that reported on transphyseal ACL reconstruction in children and adolescents. The overall failure/rupture rate after transphyseal ACL reconstruction was 11.0%. The overall ACL rupture rate of the contralateral side was 9.7%. No statistical significant difference in the failure rates between independent and transtibial drilling techniques could be detected ((p = 0.76/p = 0.28)). Furthermore no statistical significant differences in the rate of reported growth disturbances between independent and transtibial drilling techniques were shown (p = 0.15). The reported clinical scores at follow-up (mean follow-up 5.05 years) revealed good to very good results. This systematic review demonstrates that children and adolescents have a relatively high failure rate after transpyseal ACL reconstruction without any statistically significant differences between independent or transtibial drilling techniques regarding reruptur rates or the rate of growth disturbances. The results of this systematic review warrant a comparison of both techniques for femoral tunnel drilling in a controlled randomized trial.This publication has 54 references indexed in Scilit:
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