Effect of suture locking and suture caliber on fatigue strength of flexor tendon repairs

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 340-346

  Barrie, Kimberly A ^a,b   Tomak, Sanda L ^a,b   Cholewicki, Jacek ^a,b   Merrell, Greg A ^a,b   Wolfe, Scott W ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic load; Flexor tendons; Locking; Suture caliber; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0035076123     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2001.22926     Document Type: Article

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