Surgical kit and method for tendon repair

Details Surgical kit and method for tendon repair Surgical kit and method for tendon repair

1989-11-17

1990-11-20

Green, Randall L.

Surgery

Miscellaneous

Methods

606224, A61B 1100

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049710753

ABSTRACT:
A method and kit for tendon repair and two variations thereof using double loop locking sutures in disclosed. A pair of loop locking sutures are formed in each tendon end. The needle of each loop locking suture extends through the tendon fiber out of the tendon end for securement to the corresponding loop locking sutures formed in the other tendon end. The loop locking sutures transfer tensile loading along the axis of the tendons into transverse compression loads through the loop locking sutures. In one variation, the double loop locking sutures connect tendons of different diameter together. In a second variation, the tendon is attached to bone.

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Ketchum, Lynn D., "Suture Material and Suture Techniques Used in Tendon Repair", Hand Clinics, vol. 1, No., (2/1985).
Strickland, James W., "Flexor Tendon Repair", Hand Clinics, vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 1985.
"The `Grasping` Technique for Tendon Repair", by Kessler, 1973, Surgical Techniques in Early Flexor Tendon Repairs, Including Early Motion (Panel Discussion).
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"Operative Hand Surgery", Churchill Livingstone, 1988.
"Intra-Tendinous Tendon Suture in the Hand", Kenya Tsuge et al, The Hand-vol. 7, No. 3, 1975.

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