A comparison of knot security of commonly used hand-tied laparoscopic slipknots

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-524

  Shettko, Donna L ^a,b   Frisbie, David D ^a   Hendrickson, Dean A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand tied knots; Knot security; Laparoscopy; Ligature; Slip knot

Indexed keywords

MAXON; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 16544392777     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950x.2004.04072.x     Document Type: Article

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