How much does a Pennington lock add to strength of a tendon repair?

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 476-484

  Wu, Y F ^a   Tang, J B ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon; gap resistance; grasping repair; Pennington lock; tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79959981091     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193411403691     Document Type: Article

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