Sustained Clinical and Functional Outcomes After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair: A Minimum 5-Year Follow-up Study
Sustained clinical and functional outcomes for ACLPR were observed between short-term and midterm follow-up, with failure rates of 11.5% and 15.9%, respectively. Although younger age was an important risk factor for ipsilateral ACL failure, with a high failure rate of 37.0% in patients aged ≤21 years at short-term follow-up, no additional failures were observed at midterm follow-up. In contrast, patients aged >21 years experienced modest failure rates, increasing from 3.5% at short-term follow-up to 8.6% at midterm follow-up, with no significant change.
Authors
- Sebastian Rilk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-6433)
- Jelle P. van der List (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7940-5152)
- Fidelius von Rehlingen‐Prinz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0033-8132)
- Gregory S. DiFelice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-757X)
- Kyle N. Kunze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0363-3482)
- Gabriel C. Goodhart
- Robert J. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8203-6239)
- Fabian Tomanek
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465251340087
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.03