Investigation of locking configurations for tendon repair

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 461-465

  Ren, Guo Xie ^a   Jin, Bo Tang ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circle locking; Cross locking; Locking suture; Tendon repair; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; LACERATIONS; MATERIALS TESTING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 19944382793     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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