Stress distribution is deviated around the aperture of the femoral tunnel in the anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Yuichi HoshinoRyosuke KurodaYuichiro NishizawaNaoki NakanoKanto NagaiDaisuke ArakiShinya OkaShogo KawaguchiKouki NagamuneMasahiro KurosakaPublished in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA (2017)
The stress distribution at the femoral tunnel aperture is not equal in different directions, while the distal part dominantly bears the stress from the ACL graft. Surgeons should pay close attention to the distal edge of the femoral tunnel which should be inside the anatomic ACL footprint eventually.