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The primary outcomes were functional outcomes and complications. The Mantel-Haenszel test was used to evaluate dichotomous variables and the inverse variance method was used to assess continuous variables.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n This meta-analysis included 972 participants in 11 RCTs stratified by follow-up duration. The following factors did not differ between early and delayed ACLR: operative time (mean difference, 4.97; 95% CI, \u22120.68 to 10.61;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.08), retear (OR, 1.52; 95% CI, 0.52-4.43;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.44), and infection (OR, 3.80; 95% CI, 0.77-18.79;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.10). There were also no differences between groups in range of motion, knee laxity, International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC rating scale), and Tegner score. IKDC score (mean difference, 2.77; 95% CI, 1.89-3.66;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001), and Lysholm score at 2-year follow-up (mean difference, 2.61; 95% CI, 0.74-4.48;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.006) significantly differed between early and delayed ACLR. In addition, the timing of surgery was redefined in the included RCTs and subgroup analyses were performed, which validated the robustness of the principal results.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n This systematic review and meta-analysis found that early ACLR was not superior to delayed ACLR in terms of most factors analyzed, except for IKDC and Lysholm scores. 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