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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2013 Jun 19;34(29):7048–7063. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.05.058

Table 4.

Failure mode for the pull-out tests and pre-existing partial failure of the synthetic ligament (if any).

3 months implantation 12 months implantation
Contralateral GL Controlateral NGL Controlateral GL Controlateral NGL
Femoral slippage 0/7 3/7 0/5 1/5 0/8 1/8 0/7 0/7
With existing partial failure 33% 0% 0% 0%
Tibial slippage 0/7 1/7 0/5 1/5 0/8 2/8 0/7 2/7
With existing partial failure 0% 0% 0% 0%
Ligament failure 1/7 3/7 2/5 3/5 6/8 5/8 5/7 5/7
With existing partial failure 33% 67% 40% 60%
Osteocartilaginous avulsion 5/7 0/7 2/5 0/5 2/8 0/8 2/7 0/7
Other 1/7 0/7 1/5 0/5 0/8 0/8 0/7 0/7