In vitro biomechanical analysis of suture methods for flexor tendon repair

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 603-611

  Noguchi, Masahiko ^a   Seiler, John G ^b   Gelberman, Richard H ^b   Sofranko, Richard A ^a   Woo, Savio L‐Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REPAIR; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; DISTAL PALMAR CREASE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS TENDONS; FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR; MIDDLE PHALANX; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SUTURE METHODS;

TENDONS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOGS; FINGERS; FOOT; FORELIMB; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0027626207     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100110415     Document Type: Article

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