Nickel-Titanium Wire in Circumferential Suture of a Flexor Tendon Repair: A Comparison to Polypropylene

Primary flexor tendon repair followed by immediate controlled mobilization

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Two new methods of tendon repair: An in vitro evaluation of tensile strength and gap formation

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Effect of peripheral suture depth on strength of tendon repairs

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The Aetiology of Acute Rupture of Flexor Tendon Repairs in Zones 1 and 2 of the Fingers During Early Mobilization

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Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Surgery +15

Mechanical Properties of Various Circumferential Tendon Suture Techniques

Hideaki Kubota, Masashi Aoki, Donald L. Pruitt et al. · Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) · 1996 · 133 citations

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