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The Mechanical Strength of Various Suture Techniques

I. A. TRAIL
E. S. POWELL
J. NOBLE

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester

Correspondence: Mr I. A. Trail, F.R.C.S., Clinical Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8HD.

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.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 17, No. 1, 89-91 (1992)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(92)90019-X
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