title: The mechanical strength of various suture techniques.
abstract: The mechanical strengths of five techniques of tendon repair have been evaluated using human cadaver tendons. A modified Kessler repair with a peripheral circumferential suture and the method of Becker were found to require the greatest load to produce gapping, but the Becker and Savage repairs withstood the highest load before failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manchester.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Trail
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noble
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013718:Tensile Strength