Table 2 Outcome measurement, graft type, and fixation materials of the studies

Author, year

Outcome measurement

All-inside

Full tibial tunnel

All-inside

Full tibial tunnel

  Desai et al., 2019 [8]

Lachman test, pivot shift, Tegner activity scale, Lysholm score, IKDC score, and complications (includes graft failure)

ST4 (74.4%), 9.0 mm (range, 8.0–10.5 mm; SD, 0.6 mm)

DGST, 8.3 mm (range, 7.0–10.0 mm; SD,–0.7 mm)

Femoral side: TightRope (Arthrex), Tibial side: GraftLink (Arthrex)

Femoral side: Endobutton (Smith &Nephew)(65%), TightRope (Arthrex)(34%), or RetroButton (Arthrex)(1%)

Tibial side: Interference screw Bio-Compression Screw (Arthrex)

  Kouloumentas et al., 2019 [3]

Lysholm score, IKDC score, KOOS, KSS, knee laxity assessment (use KT-1000 arthrometer), isokinetic testing, and graft failure

ST4, Femoral side:8.2 ± 0.7 mm

Tibial side: 8.3 ± 5.0 mm

DGST, Femoral side: 7.7 ± 0.5 mm

Tibial side: 7.7 ± 4.9 mm

Both femoral and tibial side: TightRope (Arthrex)

Femoral side: Flipptack™ button system (Karl Storz, Tuttlingen)

Tibial side: interference screw - Megafix (Karl Storz, Tuttlingen).

  Mayr et al., 2019 [9]

Pivot shift, Tegner activity scores, Lysholm score, IKDC score, knee laxity assessment (use KT-1000 arthrometer), hop testing, and tunnel diameter and volume measured with CT scans

ST4, Femoral side: 7.7 ± 0.8 mm

Tibial side: 8.0 ± 0.5 mm

DGST, Femoral side: 7.3 ± 0.5 mm

Tibial side: 7.9 ± 0.8 mm

Both femoral and tibial side: TightRope (Arthrex)

Both femoral and tibial side: Interference screw-BioComposite (Arthrex)

  Monaco et al., 2018 [10]

Tegner activity score, Lysholm scores, IKDC score, KSS, knee laxity assessment (use KT-1000 arthrometer), and tunnel diameter measured with CT scans

ST4

DGST

Both femoral and tibial side: TightRope (Arthrex)

Femoral side: TightRope (Arthrex)

Tibial side: interference screw- Deltascrew (Arthrex)

  Baldassarri et al., 2018 [11]

Marx score, Tegner activity score, IKDC score, and return to sport

NA

NA

Both femoral and tibial side: suspensory cortical buttons

Both femoral and tibial side: Interference screw

  Volpi et al., 2014 [12]

Tegner activity score, Lysholm score, IKDC score, VAS

ST4

DGST

Both femoral and tibial side: suspensory cortical buttons

Femoral side: Interference screw or cortical suture button

Tibial side: interference screw

  Benea et al., 2013 [13]

IKDC score, VAS, knee laxity assessment (use Rollimeter arthrometer), tunnel position measured with X-ray

ST4

DGST

Femoral side: Tightrope (Arthrex)

Tibial side: SutureButton (Arthrex)

Femoral side: Interference screw

Tibial side: Interference screw

Suspensory fixation

Interference screw

Suspensory fixation

Interference screw

^aColombet et al., 2016 [14]

knee laxity assessment (use GeNouRoB arthrometer), Graft and tunnel measurement with MRI

ST4

ST4

Both femoral and tibial side: PULLUP (Science & BioMaterials) suspensory system

Femoral side: PULLUP (Science & BioMaterials) suspensory system

Tibial side: Interference screw (LIGAFIX 60 (Science & BioMaterials))

^aLubowitz et al., 2015 [15]

IKDC score, KSS, SF-12 score, VAS, narcotic consumption, knee laxity assessment (use KT-1000 arthrometer), and tunnel diameter measured with X-ray

2-strand tibialis posterior tendon

2-strand tibialis posterior tendon

Femoral side: RetroButton (Arthrex)

Tibial side: Titanium cortical button (Arthrex)

Femoral side: Interference screw-BioComposite (Arthrex)

Tibial side: interference screw- RetroScrew (Arthrex)