Optimum location of knot for tendon surgery in side-locking loop technique

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-119

  Komatsu, Fumito ^a   Mori, Ryuji ^a   Uchio, Yuji ^a   Hatanaka, Hitoshi ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap length; Location of a knot; Side locking loop technique; Tendon suture; Ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

POLYESTERS; REPAIR; SURGERY;

GAP LENGTH; LOCATION OF A KNOT; SIDE-LOCKING LOOP TECHNIQUE; TENDON-SUTURE; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

TENDONS;

POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SURGERY; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33845899996     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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