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A Novel Tenorrhaphy Suture Technique with Tissue Engineered Collagen Graft to Repair Large Tendon Defects
Published on: December 10, 2021
The mechanical properties of locking and grasping suture loop configurations in four-strand core suture techniques
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. awada@ortho.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We have compared the effect of locking and grasping suture loop configurations in four-strand core suture techniques for tendon repair. Forty canine flexor digitorum profundus tendons were repaired with one of four suture techniques (the grasping cruciate, the double-modified grasping Kessler, the locking cruciate and the double-modified locking Kessler) and tested to failure in a tensile testing machine. The mode of failure in all the locking suture specimens was breakage of the sutures in the locking loops or at suture knots. The sutures did not pull out of the tendon, as was seen in the grasping suture specimens. The greatest tensile strength was found with the double-modified locking Kessler technique which incorporated eight rectangular locking loop configurations.
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