Belanger L

Biau DJ

Glass R

Gokeler A

Jacobs CL

Lamsam C

Linko E

Machotka Z

Magnussen RA

Meuffels DE

Mohtadi NG

Moraes VY

Moses B

Narducci E

Negahban H

Poolman RW

Shi DL

Steckel H

Stojanovic MD

te Wierike SC

Thompson J

Tiamklang T

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Background: There has been a substantial increase in the amount of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Purpose: To quantify the number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses published on the ACL in the past decade and to provide an overall summary of this literature. Study Design: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: A systematic review of all ACL-related systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between January 2004 and September 2014 was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Database. Narrative reviews and non-English articles were excluded. Results: A total of 1031 articles were found, of which 240 met the inclusion criteria. Included articles were summarized and divided into 17 topics: anatomy, epidemiology, prevention, associated injuries, diagnosis, operative versus nonoperative management, graft choice, surgical technique, fixation methods, computer-assisted surgery, platelet-rich plasma, rehabilitation, return to play, outcomes assessment, arthritis, complications, and miscellaneous. Conclusion: A summary of systematic reviews on the ACL can supply the surgeon with a single source for the most up-to-date synthesis of the literature. </jats:sec

Michael J. Anderson

William M. Browning

Christopher E. Urband

Melissa A. Kluczynski

Leslie J. Bisson

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A Systematic Summary of Systematic Reviews on the Topic of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

A Systematic Summary of Systematic Reviews on the Topic of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

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