A biomechanical comparison of 3 loop suture materials in a 6-strand flexor tendon repair technique

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1830-1834

  Gan, Aaron W T ^a   Neo, Puay Yong ^a   He, Min ^a   Yam, Andrew K T ^a   Chong, Alphonsus K S ^a   Tay, Shian Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

FiberLoop; FiberWire; loopsuture; modified Lim Tsai technique; Six strand flexor tendon repair

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED POLYBEND SUTURE; NYLON; POLYESTER; SUTURE MATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUTURE; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; SWINE; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84865317586     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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