Epitendinous suture techniques in extensor tendon repairs-an experimental evaluation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1968-1973

  Henderson, James ^a   Sutcliffe, Michael ^b   Gillespie, Patrick ^c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extensor tendon repairs; Halsted; Silfverski ld; Tension band principle

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITENDINOUS EXTENSOR TENDON REPAIR; FORCE; HALSTED REPAIR; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRUPTED HORIZONTAL MATTRESS REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SILFVERSKIOLD REPAIR; STRENGTH; SUTURE; SUTURE STIFFNESS; SUTURE STRENGTH; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSIOMETER; TENSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODEL; FOOT INJURY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TENDON INJURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOT INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84859234030     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.08.038     Document Type: Article

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