Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Pediatric and Skeletally Immature Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
The LET procedure, as an adjunct to ACLR in pediatric and adolescent patients, has been shown to be safe with low complication rates-including physeal disturbance. Pooled data from the literature to date demonstrate that ACLR combined with an LET has a lower rate of graft rerupture while maintaining previously described high rates of RTS in pediatric patients compared with isolated ACLR.
Authors
- Prushoth Vivekanantha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-5121)
- Satyavenkata Kotipalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6102-1883)
- Thomas Haidl
- Darren de SA
- Jeffrey Kay
Institutions
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465251407326
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00