Authors' Reply

摘要

We thank Dr. Siegel for his interest in our recent contribution to Arthroscopy, "Single-bundle Versus Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Assessment with Vertical Jump Test." However, we do not agree with his statements and we firmly refute the expression "...has cherry picked two aspects..." since in the abstract we reported correctly, in a concise way, the main findings of our study.We believe that a surgical technique can be judged qualitatively superior to another depending on the variables considered. In the present study, better results concerning knee stability and vertical jump performance have been outlined. If we had chosen cost or duration as variables, maybe single-bundle would have more reported advantages. If we had been interested in underlying the superiority of DB, we would not have considered the counter movement jump, whose results, although nonsignificant, were better in the DB group. Furthermore, if we had reported mid-term results, which we did not present in the abstract for the sake of brevity, DB reconstruction would have outlined even better performances.