No evidence that remnant-preserving anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ensures better proprioceptive function than a standard single-bundle reconstruction: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Importance Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) causes significant mechanical instability and unequal functional deficits in patients with similar injury due to loss of proprioception. Therefore, the importance of the ACL remnant has been emphasised; it has the perceived potential to improve postoperative proprioception in knees with ACL reconstruction. However, the current literature shows unproven benefits of doing so, and thus the …