Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10083356 | The Journal of Hand Surgery | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The addition of a peripheral suture to the FDP tendon to bone tunnel repair construct improves the time-zero tensile properties as evidenced by statistically significant increases in ultimate force, rigidity, and resistance to gap formations of 2 mm. In comparison with a volar cortical surface repair, the bone tunnel-only repairs were effective at decreasing the amount of repair site strain during applied loads of 20 N. If these improved time-zero tensile properties persist during the early stages of healing, they may help decrease the incidence of repair-site gap formation associated with the forces of early motion rehabilitation protocols.
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Authors
Thomas T. MD, Richard H. MD, Nozomu MD, Melissa BS, Matthew J. PhD,