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Pull‐out force comparison between the optimum barbed fixation design, the tapered press‐fit pegs with their optimum interference and an interference screw at the recommended hole size for ACL surgery and with a hole sized to its minor diameter in synthetic bone (N = 4 per design). The barbed fixation surface required >5× the pull out compared to press‐fit pegs and achieved pull out comparable to an interference screw.
