Optimizing the tissue anchoring performance of barbed sutures in skin and tendon tissues

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 302-309

  Ingle, N P ^a   King, M W ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Barbed suture; Polypropylene; Skin; Suture tissue pullout test; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING PERFORMANCE; ANCHORING PROPERTIES; BARBED SUTURE; BARBED SUTURES; BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CUT DEPTH; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; IN-VITRO; PORCINE SKIN TISSUES; PULL-OUT TEST; SKIN TISSUE; SUTURE/TISSUE PULLOUT TEST; TENDON TISSUES;

BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; TENDONS; THERMOPLASTICS;

SKIN;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYPROPYLENES; SKIN; SUS SCROFA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 72249091299     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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