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Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy Service, Charité, Campus Virchow-Clinic, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
* Address correspondence and reprint requests to Andreas Weiler, MD, Unfall- & Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
We used a standardized model of calf tibial bone to investigate the influence of screw diameter and length on interference fit fixation of a three-stranded semitendinosus tendon graft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Biodegradable poly-(L-lactide) interference screws with a diameter of 7, 8, and 9 mm and a length of 23 and 28 mm were used. We examined results in three groups of 10 specimens each: group 1, screw diameter equaled graft diameter and screw length was 23 mm; group 2, screw diameter equaled graft diameter plus 1 mm and screw length was 23 mm; group 3, screw diameter equaled graft diameter and screw length was 28 mm. The mean pull-out forces in groups 1, 2, and 3 were 367.2 ± 78 N, 479.1 ± 111.1 N, and 537.4 ± 139.1 N, respectively. The force data from groups 2 and 3 were significantly higher than those from group 1. These results indicate that screw geometry has a significant influence on hamstring tendon interference fit fixation. Increasing screw length improves fixation strength more than oversizing the screw diameter. This is important, especially for increasing tibial fixation strength because the tibial graft fixation site has been considered to be the weak link of such a reconstruction.
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