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Double and Multiple Looped Suture Tendon Repair

From the Hand Surgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital, Nantong Medical College, Jiangsu, China

Correspondence: Jin-bo Tang, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital, Nantong Medical College, 20 West Temple Road, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China.

We report our experience of using double or multiple looped sutures for primary tenorrhaphy combined with early active mobilization. In 46 patients involving 51 fingers with flexor tendon lacerations, double threads of the looped nylon suture were placed to repair injured FDP or FDS tendons, or three threads of looped nylon suture were made to repair the FDP tendons. Using White’s (1956) criteria, the results were good or excellent in 76.5% of fingers. The double and multiple looped sutures are of sufficient strength to sustain early motion, and cause little disturbance in the circulation. Satisfactory function following primary tendon repair can be expected with these new techniques.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 19, No. 6, 699-703 (1994)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(94)90238-0


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