The Potentially Positive Role of PRPs in Preventing Femoral Tunnel Widening in ACL Reconstruction Surgery Using Hamstrings: A Clinical Study in 51 Patients

Table 1

Comparison of mean tunnel diameter between groups during the observation period.

	PRPG	CG	value between groups
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Drilled diameter	82.40 ± 4.59	80.19 ± 5.91^#	0.144
1st month diameter	83.33 ± 4.67^*	80.88 ± 6.39^#	0.135
12th month Diameter	85.79 ± 6.80	86.50 ± 8.88	0.749
value within group	= 0.005	< 0.0005
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
% change from drilled 1st month	0.78 (1.6)	0.00 (1.2)	0.693
% change from drilled 12th month	2.96 (5.2)	6.87 (11.8)	0.062

> 0.05 versus baseline, ^# < 0.005 versus 12th month.