[Experimental study and clinical application of end bedding of tendon sutures]

In researching of a better way for suturing a severed tendon, we worked out a method, embedding one end of it into the other and then being locked in place with suture. Dynamically, the anti-tension strength of the suture line was greatest in that by end bedding, weakest in that by Bunnell's method, and in between that by weaving. On experimental animals, the broken rate of the suture line, 3 to 5 days after operation, was 28.1% in the group of Bunnell's method, 2.25% in weaving, and none in the end bedding group. The end bedding method have been used in 126 cases with tendon rupture, yielding excellent and good results in 87.8%. The optimum indications and the surgical procedure of the end bedding method are discussed in detail.