Research Article

Optimal Condition to Create Femoral Tunnel Considering Combined Influence of Knee Flexion and Transverse Drill Angle in Anatomical Single-Bundle ACL Reconstruction Using Medial Portal Technique: 3D Simulation Study

Table 2

Comparison of the proportions of short tunnel with less than 25 mm in each setting.

Flexion angleTransverse drill angle
MTAMTA-10°MTA-20°P-

100°19 (63.3%)27 (90%)30 (100%)<.001
110°3 (10%)2 (6.7%)2 (6.7%)0.779
120°0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)-
130°0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)-
P-<.001<.001<.001

MTA: maximum transverse drill angle without coming into contact with the medial condyle cartilage.
The values are given as cases with proportion in parentheses.
-value for comparison between different transverse drill angles of MTA to MTA-20° in condition of fixed flexion angle.
-value for comparison between different flexion angles of 100° to 130° in condition of fixed transverse drill angle.