Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 540-545 , April 2010

Mechanical Strength of the Side-to-Side Versus Pulvertaft Weave Tendon Repair

Received 21 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 January 2010.

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 The authors would like to acknowledge Mr. Robert Healey for help with the data collection, Professor David Amiel for the use of material testing equipment, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for postdoctoral funding (S.H.M.B.), Swedish Research Council grant 11200, and National Institutes of Health grant HD050837.

 This study was supported in part by postdoctoral funding from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (S.H.M.B.) and by grants from the Swedish Research Council (grant 11200) and National Institutes of Health (grant HD050837). No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(10)00050-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.01.009

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 540-545 , April 2010