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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2021 May 12;86:105372. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105372

Table 5:

Failure outcomes for each respective ACL state.

Ligament Type Specimens Tested Ligament Ruptures Specimens Complete Partial Non-compliant Fixation Failures Specimens Femoral Tibial Fixation Failure Description Number of Trials Until Failure P-value vs. Native P-value vs. BTB P-value vs. HT P-value vs. QT
Native ACL 4 4 S1,S2,S3,S4 1 3 0 --- --- --- --- --- 10.0 (4.3, 13.5) --- 0.19 0.04* 0.19
BTB 4 3 S1,S2,S4 0 3 0 2 S1,S3 1 1 Femoral plug loosening; Tibial plug pulled out 5.5 (2.8, 6.8) 0.19 --- 0.10 0.88
Hamstrings 4 2 S3,S4 0 1 1 2 S1,S2 0 2 Loosening of button suture; Button fracture 2.0 (1.3, 2.8) 0.04* 0.10 --- 0.10
Quadriceps 4 2 S2,S3 0 1 1 2 S1,S4 1 1 Femoral plug pulled out; Tibial suture failure 5.5 (2.8, 6.0) 0.19 0.88 0.10 ---
*

Indicates statistically significant difference (P ≤ 0.05).