Finite element analysis of barbed sutures in skin and tendon tissues

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 879-886

  Ingle, N P ^a   King, M W ^a,b   Zikry, M A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbed; Finite element analysis; Skin; Suture; Tendon; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BARB GEOMETRY; BARBED; BARBED SUTURES; CLINICAL STUDY; COSMESIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; KNOTLESS SUTURE; MECHANICAL ANCHORING; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESSURE LOAD; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SKIN TISSUE; SURGICAL SUTURES; TENDON TISSUES; TESTING ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL DESIGN; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

BIOMATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BARBED SURGICAL SUTURE; BIOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SKIN; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDONS;

EID: 77549083739     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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