An Analysis of the Pull-Out Strength of 6 Suture Loop Configurations in Flexor Tendons

References 

1. Manske PR . History of flexor tendon repair . Hand Clin . 2005;21:123–127
   • Full Text
   • Full-Text PDF (204 KB)
   • CrossRef
2. Strickland JW . Development of flexor tendon surgery: twenty-five years of progress . J Hand Surg . 2000;25A:214–235
3. Tang JB , Pan CZ , Xie RG , Chen F . A biomechanical study of Tang's multiple locking techniques for flexor tendon repair . Chir Main . 1999;18:254–260
   • MEDLINE
4. Savage R , Risitano G . Flexor tendon repair using a “six strand” method of repair and early active mobilization . J Hand Surg . 1989;14B:396–399
5. McLarney E , Hoffman H , Wolfe SW . Biomechanical analysis of the cruciate four-strand flexor tendon repair . J Hand Surg . 1999;24A:295–301
6. Lee H . Double loop locking suture: a technique of tendon repair for early active mobilization (Part I: evolution of technique and experimental study) . J Hand Surg . 1990;15A:945–952
7. Winters SC , Gelberman RH , Woo SL , Chan SS , Grewal R , Seiler JG . The effects of multiple-strand suture methods on the strength and excursion of repaired intrasynovial flexor tendons: a biomechanical study in dogs . J Hand Surg . 1998;23A:97–104
8. Gill RS , Lim BH , Shatford RA , Toth E , Voor MJ , Tsai TM . A comparative analysis of the six-strand double-loop flexor tendon repair and three other techniques: a human cadaveric study . J Hand Surg . 1999;24A:1315–1322
9. Thurman RT , Trumble TE , Hanel DP , Tencer AF , Kiser PK . Two-, four-, and six-strand zone II flexor tendon repairs: an in situ biomechanical comparison using a cadaver model . J Hand Surg . 1998;23A:261–265
10. Wada A , Kubota H , Hatanaka H , Hotokezaka S , Miura H , Iwamoto Y . The mechanical properties of locking and grasping suture loop configurations in four-strand core suture techniques . J Hand Surg . 2000;25B:548–551
11. Xie RG , Zhang S , Tang JB , Chen F . Biomechanical studies of 3 different 6-strand flexor tendon repair techniques . J Hand Surg . 2002;27A:621–627
12. Xie RG , Tang JB . Investigation of locking configurations for tendon repair . J Hand Surg . 2005;30:461–465
13. Lawrence TM , Davis TR . A biomechanical analysis of suture materials and their influence on a four-strand flexor tendon repair . J Hand Surg . 2005;30A:836–841
14. Karjalainen T , Goransson H , Viinikainen A , Jamsa T , Ryhanen J . Nickel-titanium wire as a flexor tendon suture material: an ex vivo study . J Hand Surg . 2010;35B:469–474
15. Moneim MS , Firoozbakhsh K , Mustapha AA , Larsen K , Shahinpoor M . Flexor tendon repair using shape memory alloy suture: a biomechanical evaluation . Clin Orthop Relat Res . 2002;402:251–259
    • CrossRef
16. Miller B , Dodds SD , deMars A , Zagoreas N , Waitayawinyu T , Trumble TE . Flexor tendon repairs: the impact of fiberwire on grasping and locking core sutures . J Hand Surg . 2007;32A:591–596
17. Pennington DG . The locking loop tendon suture . Plast Reconstr Surg . 1979;63:648–652
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
18. Lim BH , Tsai TM . The six-strand technique for flexor tendon repair . Atlas Hand Clin . 1996;1:65–76
19. Barrie KA , Wolfe SW , Shean C , Shenbagamurthi D , Slade JF , Panjabi MM . A biomechanical comparison of multistrand flexor tendon repairs using an in situ testing model . J Hand Surg . 2000;25A:499–506
20. Croog A , Goldstein R , Nasser P , Lee SK . Comparative biomechanic performances of locked cruciate four-strand flexor tendon repairs in an ex vivo porcine model . J Hand Surg . 2007;32A:225–232
21. Hotokezaka S , Manske PR . Differences between locking loops and grasping loops: effects on 2-strand core suture . J Hand Surg . 1997;22A:995–1003
22. Trail IA , Powell ES , Noble J . An evaluation of suture materials used in tendon surgery . J Hand Surg . 1989;14B:422–427