Technical considerations in knot construction, part III. Knot asymmetry

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 635-639

  Rodeheaver, George T ^a   Green, Colleen W ^a   Odum, Brett C ^a   Bussard, Gordon M ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbable sutures; Braided sutures; Breaking strength; Handling characteristics; Knot run down; Lactomer(TM) sutures; Polyglactin 910(TM) sutures

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0032127821     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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