Comparison of immediate versus optional delayed surgical repair for treatment of acute anterior cruciate ligament injury through a parallel, multicentric, pragmatic randomized controlled trial - IODA trial

• Main Authors: Annemie Smeets (Author), Feryal Ghafelzadeh Ahwaz (Author), Stijn Bogaerts (Author), Pieter Berger (Author), Koen Peers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Standard care for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries often includes surgical reconstruction of the ACL. However, two randomized controlled trials [1, 2] (RCT) concluded that conservative treatment does not result in inferior clinical outcomes compared to immediate ACL reco...