The mechanical properties of locking and grasping suture loop configurations in four-strand core suture techniques

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25 B, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 548-551

  Wada, A ^a   Kubota, H ^a   Hatanaka, H ^a   Hotokezaka, S ^a   Miura, H ^a   Iwamoto, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; FORELIMB; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOES;

EID: 0034530435     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0441     Document Type: Article

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