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 8

The proportion of femoral tunnel wall breakage including entrance breakage and mid-tunnel breakage in each setting.

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

100°11 (36.7%)2 (6.7%)13 (43.3%)9 (30%)11 (36.7%)20 (66.7%)11 (36.7%)19 (63.3%)30 (100%)
110°4 (13.3%)0 (0%)4 (13.3%)7 (23.3%)2 (6.7%)9 (30.0%)11 (36.7%)15 (50%)26 (86.7%)
120°0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)5 (16.7%)2 (6.7%)7 (23.3%)
130°0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)

MTA: maximum transverse drill angle without coming into contact with the medial condyle cartilage.
EB: entrance breakage, MB: mid-tunnel breakage, TB: total of femoral tunnel wall breakage including both entrance and mid-tunnel breakage.
The values are given as cases with proportion in parentheses.