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Table 3 Mean values and SD of bone tunnel diameter, size of intraoperative reamer and bone tunnel widening

From: Press-fit fixation using autologous bone in the tibial canal causes less enlargement of bone tunnel diameter in ACL reconstruction - a CT scan analysis three months postoperatively

 

tunnel diameter [mm]

reamer/screw size [mm]

tunnel widening

p value

PF

T0

9.9 ± 0.7

9.5

+5 %

.034

T1

8.0 ± 1.1

9.5

−15 %

.001

IF

T0

10.5 ± 0.8

9.0

+14 %

.001

T1

11.4 ± 1.1

9.0

+21 %

<.001