Biomechanical comparison of the simple running and cross-stitch epitenon sutures in achilles tendon repairs

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-517

  Shepard, Michelle E ^a   Lindsey, Derek P ^a   Chou, Loretta B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Supplemental achilles suturing; Suturing techniques for achilles tendon repair

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRENGTH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENSION;

ACHILLES TENDON; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NYLONS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 42949093284     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0513     Document Type: Article

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