The mechanical strength of various suture techniques
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A Novel Tenorrhaphy Suture Technique with Tissue Engineered Collagen Graft to Repair Large Tendon Defects
Published on: December 10, 2021
I A Trail1, E S Powell, J Noble
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
The mechanical strengths of five techniques of tendon repair have been evaluated using human cadaver tendons. A modified Kessler repair with a peripheral circumferential suture and the method of Becker were found to require the greatest load to produce gapping, but the Becker and Savage repairs withstood the highest load before failure.

