Number of suture throws and its impact on the biomechanical properties of the four-strand cruciate locked flexor tendon repair with FiberWire

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 826-831

  Le, S V ^a   Chiu, S ^b   Meineke, R C ^a   Williams, P ^a   Wongworawat, M D ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FiberWire; Flexor tendon repair; knot holding properties; knots; suture; throws; unravelling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FORELIMB; MATERIALS TESTING; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORELIMB; MATERIALS TESTING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; SWINE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84868088514     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193412447503     Document Type: Article

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