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Murine Flexor Tendon Injury and Repair Surgery
Published on: September 19, 2016
Factors affecting the strength of flexor tendon repair
D Bhatia1, K E Tanner, W Bonfield
1Department of Orthopaedics, Nelson Hospital, Wimbledon, London.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
The effects of different thicknesses and configurations of core sutures were studied in human cadaveric flexor tendon repairs. Both straight and cyclic load tests were employed. To exploit the full strength of 4/0 suture material, the Kessler repair using four locked single knots would seem to be appropriate.

