A new technique for small and secure knots using slippery polyethylene sutures

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-406

  Nishimura, Kazushi ^a   Mori, Ryuji ^a   Miyamoto, Wataru ^a   Uchio, Yuji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knot; Polyethylene; Suture; Tendon; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

KNOT; MAXIMUM VALUES; SUTURE; SUTURE MATERIALS; UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIAS;

REEFS; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 62749143966     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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