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The use of Acufex Wedge Tag Tissue Anchors in Hand Surgery

A. R. KHANDWALA
I. U. KHAN
D. ELLIOT

From the Hand Surgery Department, St.Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET, England, UK

Correspondence: Mr D. Elliot, MA, FRCS, St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 7ET, England, UK. Tel.: +44-1621-857-362; fax: +44-1621-841-127; E-mail: info{at}david-elliot.co.uk

Over a period of 4 years, in various circumstances commonly seen in hand surgery, 100 patients underwent 127 soft tissue attachments to bone using the Acufex wedge tag system (Acufex Microsurgical, Inc, Mansfield, MA), a non-metallic bone anchor. No failures to maintain the attachment of the desired soft tissue to bone were identified. While less robust than the Mitek anchor, the other commonly available system of bone anchoring, and therefore possibly inappropriate for general orthopaedics, the Acufex wedge tag proved adequate for the smaller forces of hand surgery.

Key Words: acufex wedge tag tissue • soft tissue fixation • non-metallic bone anchor

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 29, No. 1, 22-25 (2004)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2003.08.011
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