Affiliation:
1. Department of Hand Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Abstract
We assessed the effects of tendon core sutures' transverse components on the tensile resistance of two commonly used 6-strand tendon repairs. Tang and Yoshizu #1 repairs (6-strand) were tested and compared with 4-strand rectangular and double Kessler sutures (4-strand). A total of 40 pig flexor tendons were tested under cyclic loading. We recorded the number of tendons that formed a 2-mm gap between two tendon ends during 20 cycles of cyclic loading test, stiffness at the 1st and 20th loading cycle, and gap distance at the repair site and the ultimate repair strength at the 20th cycles. We found that the Yoshizu #1 repairs were more prone to form gaps and their ultimate strength was significantly lower than that of the Tang repair. The transverse components in a 6-strand repair affect gap formation and failure strength.
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