Over-the-Top ACL-R with LET

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Over-the-Top ACL-R with LET

OTT 25 Year Experience

OTT Technique Guide

Benefits of OTT+LET

Vascular Graft

No Femur Tunnel

Biomechanically Stable

Close-to-Anatomical

25 Year Ultra-Long Outcomes

Proven in Elite and Adolescents

Outcomes Compared

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Outcomes Compared

Outcomes Compared

OTT ✅ Comparison Studies

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20-Year RCT: OTT vs SB-HT vs BPTB (OJSM 2025, Lucidi et al.)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11780662/

Gian Andrea OTT vs SB .pdf1.7 MiB
  • 👥 75 patients randomized (25 per group) to:
    • BPTB
    • SB Quadrupled HT (no LET)
    • Over-the-Top
    • Mean follow-up: 23 years

  • 📊 Clinical outcomes:
  • All three techniques showed comparable PROMs at 20+ years.

    HT + LET had a slightly higher Tegner score vs BPTB (p = .023).

  • 📉 Failure rates (revision):
    • BPTB: 16%
    • HT: 10%
    • OTT: 5%
    • Trend toward fewer revisions with OTT + LET (not statistically significant).

  • 🦴 Osteoarthritis:
    • No increase in lateral OA with HT + LET
    • BPTB showed significantly higher patellofemoral OA vs HT + LET (p = .029).
  • 📏 Knee laxity:
  • BPTB had slightly less AP laxity than HT;

    HT + LET was comparable and did not increase instability.

Bottom Line

At >20 years, Over-the-Top HT + LET performs at least as well as standard tunnel techniques, with a trend toward fewer failures and no evidence of lateral overconstraint or OA progression.

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Systematic Review: OTT vs Traditional ACL Reconstruction (KSSTA 2018, Sarraj et al.)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30078121/

  • 👥 16 studies included (3 RCTs, 13 case series)
    • Primary OTT: 453 patients (mean age 26.9 yrs)
    • Revision OTT: 60 patients (mean age 31.4 yrs)
    • Mean follow-up ≈ 5.8 years
  • 📊 Clinical outcomes comparable to traditional techniques
    • Mean Lysholm (primary): 89.9
    • Mean subjective IKDC: ~82
    • Mean Tegner: 6.5
  • 🔄 Rotational stability strong
    • Positive pivot shift only 7.8%
    • lower than many reported transtibial or AM portal series

  • ⚽ Return to sport (primary cases):
    • 94% returned to sport
    • 69% returned to pre-injury level
  • ❌ Failure rates low
    • Primary graft failure: 3.7%
    • Revision failure: 8.4%
  • 🧠 Conclusion of the review:
  • OTT ACL reconstruction demonstrates clinically important outcomes comparable to traditional all-inside, transtibial, and anteromedial portal techniques, in both primary and revision settings.