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Table 4 Grades of graft-bone interface healing by MRI assessment

From: Additional suture augmentation to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring autografts bring no benefits to clinical results, graft maturation and graft-bone interface healing

 

ACLR-SA group

(n)

Grade 0/1/2/3

ACLR group

(n)

Grade 0/1/2/3

p value

6 months postoperative

   

Anterior femoral

1/5/10/4

0/7/10/3

0.834

Posterior femoral

2/6/9/3

0/6/8/6

0.463

Anterior tibial

1/5/9/5

0/6/6/8

0.612

Posterior tibial

1/4/8/7

0/6/6/8

0.781

1 year Postoperative

   

Anterior femoral

0/3/12/5

0/0/17/3

0.131

Posterior femoral

0/3/11/6

0/1/16/3

0.281

Anterior tibial

0/2/15/3

1/2/10/7

0.264

Posterior tibial

0/4/14/2

1/3/7/9

0.030

2 years Postoperative

   

Anterior femoral

0/0/8/12

0/0/12/8

0.343

Posterior femoral

0/0/13/7

0/0/11/9

0.748

Anterior tibial

0/0/11/9

0/0/9/11

0.752

Posterior tibial

0/0/9/11

0/0/10/10

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  1. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; ACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; SA, suture augmentation
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