title: Surgical repair of muscle laceration: biomechanical properties at 6 years follow-up.
abstract: Muscle injuries are challenging problems for surgeons. Muscle trauma is commonly treated conservatively with excellent outcome results while surgical repair is advocated for larger tears/lacerations, where the optimal goal is restore of function. Repair of muscle belly lacerations is technically demanding because the sutures pull out and the likelihood of clinical failure is high. Different suture techniques have been described but still the best suture is debated. We show a case of a pure vastus medialis muscle laceration surgically repaired at 6 years of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", School of Medicine, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", School of Medicine, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio Giai
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Via
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford UK.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kiritsi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical and Rehabilitation medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", School of Medicine, Italy.
authors.forename: Calogero
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foti
authors.affiliation: Head of Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Salerno, Italy ; Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Mile End Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maffulli
keywords: epimysium; fibrous scar; muscle belly lesion; muscle repair; skeletal muscle laceration