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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Mode of catastrophic failure results

From: Can tape–screw fixation of a quadrupled semitendinosus graft in a full-length tibial tunnel provide superior fixation compared with a doubled semitendinosus–gracilis held with an interference screw? A matched-pair cadaveric biomechanical comparison

Mode of failure

Graft slipped around screw

Screw pulled through cortical bone

Cortical bone failed

ST/G

5

 

1

Quad ST

 

6