title: Integral Suture-Handling Techniques for Arthroscopic Sliding Knots.
abstract: In arthroscopic tissue repair, the final step is achieving adequate tissue approximation with a secure knot. The sliding knot is widely preferred over the nonsliding knot, with numerous publications describing knot configurations. However, in the literature there are few published descriptions of suture-handling techniques, even though they are fundamental to arthroscopic knot tying. We describe integral suture-handling techniques for arthroscopic sliding knots to improve the surgeon's performance in knot tying.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lerdsin General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Wichan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kanchanatawan
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Jatupon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kongtharvonskul
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lerdsin General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Gem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorjiee
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lerdsin General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sunikom
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suppauksorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lerdsin General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Umpire
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pornvoranunt
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lerdsin General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Pongsakorn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karchana