Contribution of a locking cross-stitch to a modified kessler core suture: A new technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-299

  Güneren, Ethem ^a,c   Engin, M Sinan ^a   Özer, Mete ^b  

^a and Aesthetic Surgery

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Plastik Cerrahi AD Öd   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomechanical study; Core suture; Gap producing force; Kessler suture; Tendon repair; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34548258416     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31802e8ae0     Document Type: Article

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