Primary surgery versus primary rehabilitation for treating anterior cruciate ligament injuries: a living systematic review and meta-analysis.

Br J Sports Med · 2022 · PMC9606531 · PMID 36038357

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Primary rehabilitation with optional surgical reconstruction showed a positive trend for better radiological knee osteoarthritis outcomes, albeit with very low certainty of evidence.

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Radiological knee osteoarthritis showed a trend to slightly favour primarily rehabilitative treatment although at very low certainty of evidence.

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