title: Tips of the trade #17. A simple technique to facilitate paratenon and muscle fiber stripping of free tendon grafts.
abstract: Stripping paratenon and muscle fiber off a free tendon graft while it is immersed in a saline bath facilitates the procedure and prevents desiccation of the tissue.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Viegas
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*