title: A secure locking knot for microsuturing.
abstract: Perfect balance between maximal suture strength and minimal foreign-body reactivity guarantees success, using microsurgical techniques. The proposed initial locking knot allows optimal edge approximation. It has strength, it is simple to master, and is not too bulky. The knot is kept in its first position, without danger of slipping, before securing it with an additional knot of two loops. No additional knots are necessary, because the completed knot may fail by breaking, but never by slippage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Croatia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klobucar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delimar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cicak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Korzinek
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013718:Tensile Strength