The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 83-87, March 2011

Fixation strength of the interference screw in the femoral tunnel: The effect of screw divergence on the coronal plane

  • Tadaaki Ninomiya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan. Tel.: +81 49 276 1238; fax: +81 49 276 1772.
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  • Yomei Tachibana

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
    • The Division of Sports Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
  • ,
  • Tsuyoshi Miyajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
  • ,
  • Katsuhiko Yamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ogawa Red Cross Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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  • Hiromi Oda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Received 23 July 2009; received in revised form 3 February 2010; accepted 8 February 2010. published online 03 March 2010.

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PII: S0968-0160(10)00037-2

doi:10.1016/j.knee.2010.02.003

The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 83-87, March 2011