Small hook thread (Quill) and soft felt internal splint to increase the primary repair strength of lacerated rabbit Achilles tendons: Biomechanical analysis and considerations for hand surgery

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 626-631

  Buschmann, Johanna ^a   Müller, Angela ^a   Feldman, Kirill ^b   Tervoort, Theo A ^b   Fessel, Gion ^c   Snedeker, Jess G ^c   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Calcagni, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Failure stress; Load until failure; Suture; Tendon; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIAMETER CHARACTERISTIC; FAILURE STRESS; GAP FORMATION; GAP LENGTH; HAND SURGERY; HIGHER LOADS; LOAD UNTIL FAILURE; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT; REPAIR METHODS; SUTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; HOOKS; SURGERY; TENDONS; THERMOPLASTICS;

REPAIR;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; INTERNAL SPLINT; LACERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL HOOK THREAD; SPLINT; SUTURE; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CADAVER; FEMALE; POLYPROPYLENES; RABBITS; SPLINTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79959332440     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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