Comparison of elastic versus rigid suture material for peripheral sutures in tendon repair

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 506-510

  Nozaki, Kenji ^a   Mori, Ryuji ^a   Ryoke, Koji ^b   Uchio, Yuji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Braided polyblend polyethylene thread; Peripheral suture material; Side locking loop technique; Tendon repair

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED POLYBLEND POLYETHYLENE THREAD; CYCLIC LOADINGS; GAP FORMATION; GASTROCNEMIUS; RIGID CORE; SIDE-LOCKING LOOP TECHNIQUE; SUTURE MATERIALS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELASTICITY; POLYETHYLENES; REPAIR; TENDONS; THERMOPLASTICS;

MATERIALS;

POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; DIGITALIZATION; ELASTICITY; FLEXOR TENDON; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861099969     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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