title: Contribution of a locking cross-stitch to a modified kessler core suture: a new technique.
abstract: We compared the gap-producing forces, ultimate tensile strength, and slip resistance of a new core suture technique and that of a modified Kessler suture in freshly harvested chicken tendons. Biomechanical trials were carried out using a tensile-strength testing machine. Our technique proved superior to the modified Kessler suture with respect to its ultimate tensile strength and slip resistance.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey. eguneren@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ethem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Güneren
authors.forename: M Sinan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Engin
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002645:Chickens; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013718:Tensile Strength