A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair
Stronger flexor tendon repairs facilitate early active motion therapy protocols. Core sutures using looped suture material provide 1 ½ to twice the strength of Kessler′s technique (with four strand and six strand Tsuge technique respectively). The technique is well-described an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2006-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2006;volume=39;issue=1;spage=91;epage=93;aulast=Kamath |