Core suture purchase affects strength of tendon repairs

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1262-1266

  Tang, Jin Bo ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   Xie, Ren Guo ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core sutures; Locking repairs; Suture purchase; Tendon repair; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 28844506099     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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