Open Access

Table 2

Results of the traction rupture test.

Implant DSP Metallic IFS MILAGRO p-value
Maximum load (N) 98.8 ± 45.3 92.1 ± 32.4 109.4 ± 35.9 0.60
Stiffness (N/mm) 15.2 ± 7.0 13.9 ± 9.2 15.9 ± 15.2 0.92
Elongation at failure (mm) 36.0 ± 16.6 25.8 ± 8.3 32.1 ± 13.2 0.23
Elongation at yield (mm) 1.9 ± 1.2 2.96 ± 1.6 3.95 ± 2.4 0.05

DSP: double spike plate (Meira Corp, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan); metallic IFS: interference screw (CANNU-FLEX SILK SCREWS, Smith & Nephew sports medicine, Andover, MA).

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.