Mechanical characteristics of cross-stitch epitenon suture in association with various two-strand core sutures: A biomechanical study using canine cadaver tendons

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 703-707

  Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Ito, K ^a   Wada, T ^a   Ooyama, N ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; DOGS; MATERIALS TESTING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030435254     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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