Mechanical and Handling Properties of Braided Polyblend Polyethylene Sutures in Comparison to Braided Polyester and Monofilament Polydioxanone Sutures

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1146-1153

  Wüst, Daniel M ^a   Meyer, Dominik C ^a   Favre, Philippe ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Fraying; Polyblend; Strength; Suture

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE MATRIX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMUR; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS; SURGEON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURES; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33751062368     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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