An Analysis of the Pull-Out Strength of 6 Suture Loop Configurations in Flexor Tendons

Flexor Tendon Repair Using a “Six Strand” Method of Repair and Early Active Mobilisation

Robert C. Savage, Giovanni Risitano · Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) · 1989 · 215 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +15

Biomechanical analysis of the cruciate four-strand flexor tendon repair

Elizabeth A. McLarney, Hans Hoffman, Scott W. Wolfe · The Journal Of Hand Surgery · 1999 · 205 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +17

The effects of multiple-strand suture methods on the strength and excusion of repaired intrasynovial flexor tendons: A biomechanical study in dogs

Steven C. Winters, Richard H. Gelberman, Savio L‐Y. Woo et al. · The Journal Of Hand Surgery · 1998 · 196 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +13

Two-, four-, and six-strand zone II flexor tendon repairs: An in situ biomechanical comparison using a cadaver model

R. Timothy Thurman, Thomas E. Trumble, Douglas P. Hanel et al. · The Journal Of Hand Surgery · 1998 · 186 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +14

The Locking Loop Tendon Suture

David G. Pennington, David G. Pennington · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 1979 · 172 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +8