Research Article

The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics

Volume: 39 Number: 5 September 11, 2006
  • Yavuz Kocabey
  • Omer Taser
  • Mahmut Doral
  • Mehmet Demirhan
  • Erdem Isikan
  • John Nyland
  • Sezgin Sarban
  • Ergun Bozdag
  • Emin Sünbüloglu
  • David Caborn
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The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics

Abstract

Objectives : We investigated the biomechanical characteristics of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of the soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
Methods: Twelve bovine tibiae and digital extensor tendons were divided into two homogeneously equal groups after they were stripped of all soft tissues. Tibial tunnels were prepared and digital extensor tendons were fixed at nonanatomic (apart from the joint) anterior (n=6, group I) or posterior (n=6, group II) tibial tunnel positions with a soft tissue metal interference screw, 9x30 mm in size. All the specimens were cycled 500 times from 50 to 250 N at 1 Hz frequency in a servo hydraulic test device, after which ultimate load-at-failure testing was performed at a rate of
20 mm/min.
Results : The mean screw insertion torque values were 8.2±2.4 Nm and 8.4±2.8 Nm in groups I and II, respectively (p=0.88). No significant differences were found between the two groups with respect to graft displacement (1.9±0.8 mm v s 2.3±0.4 mm; p=0.38) and stiffness (132.7±10.9 N/mm v s 126.4±8.5 N/mm, p=0.98) at the end of cyclic loading.
Conclusion: Our results show that the site of nonanatomic soft tissue graft fixation in the tibial tunnel (anterior or posterior) with a soft tissue interference screw do not affect the biomechanical parameters in ACL reconstruction. 

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Research Article

Authors

Yavuz Kocabey This is me

Omer Taser This is me

Mahmut Doral This is me

Mehmet Demirhan This is me

Erdem Isikan This is me

John Nyland This is me

Sezgin Sarban This is me

Ergun Bozdag This is me

Emin Sünbüloglu This is me

David Caborn This is me

Publication Date

September 11, 2006

Submission Date

March 7, 2014

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Year 2005 Volume: 39 Number: 5

APA
Kocabey, Y., Taser, O., Doral, M., Demirhan, M., Isikan, E., Nyland, J., Sarban, S., Bozdag, E., Sünbüloglu, E., & Caborn, D. (2006). The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 39(5), 432-436. https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF
AMA
1.Kocabey Y, Taser O, Doral M, et al. The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;39(5):432-436. https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF
Chicago
Kocabey, Yavuz, Omer Taser, Mahmut Doral, et al. 2006. “The Effect of Anterior or Posterior Tibial Tunnel Placement of a Soft Tissue Graft With a Soft Tissue Interference Screw on Fixation Biomechanics”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 39 (5): 432-36. https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF.
EndNote
Kocabey Y, Taser O, Doral M, Demirhan M, Isikan E, Nyland J, Sarban S, Bozdag E, Sünbüloglu E, Caborn D (September 1, 2006) The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 39 5 432–436.
IEEE
[1]Y. Kocabey et al., “The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 432–436, Sept. 2006, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF
ISNAD
Kocabey, Yavuz - Taser, Omer - Doral, Mahmut - Demirhan, Mehmet - Isikan, Erdem - Nyland, John - Sarban, Sezgin - Bozdag, Ergun - Sünbüloglu, Emin - Caborn, David. “The Effect of Anterior or Posterior Tibial Tunnel Placement of a Soft Tissue Graft With a Soft Tissue Interference Screw on Fixation Biomechanics”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 39/5 (September 1, 2006): 432-436. https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF.
JAMA
1.Kocabey Y, Taser O, Doral M, Demirhan M, Isikan E, Nyland J, Sarban S, Bozdag E, Sünbüloglu E, Caborn D. The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;39:432–436.
MLA
Kocabey, Yavuz, et al. “The Effect of Anterior or Posterior Tibial Tunnel Placement of a Soft Tissue Graft With a Soft Tissue Interference Screw on Fixation Biomechanics”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 39, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 432-6, https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF.
Vancouver
1.Yavuz Kocabey, Omer Taser, Mahmut Doral, Mehmet Demirhan, Erdem Isikan, John Nyland, Sezgin Sarban, Ergun Bozdag, Emin Sünbüloglu, David Caborn. The effect of anterior or posterior tibial tunnel placement of a soft tissue graft with a soft tissue interference screw on fixation biomechanics. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica [Internet]. 2006 Sep. 1;39(5):432-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA65ZM57WF