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

The Journal of Hand Surgery
S C WintersJ G Seiler

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effects of in vivo multistrand, multigrasp suture techniques on the strength and gliding of repaired intrasynovial tendons when controlled passive motion rehabilitation was used. Twenty-four adult mongrel dogs were divided into 4 groups and their medial and lateral forepaw flexor tendons were transsected and sutured by either the Savage, the Tajima, the Kessler, or the recently developed 8-strand suture method. The tendon excursion, joint rotation, and tensile properties of the repaired tendons were evaluated biomechanically at 3 and 6 weeks after surgery. It was found that neither time nor suture method significantly effected proximal and distal interphalangeal joint rotation or tendon excursion when the 4 techniques were compared to each other. Normalized load value (experimental/control) was significantly affected by both the suture method and the amount of time after surgery, however. The Savage and 8-strand repair methods had significantly greater strength than did the Tajima method at each time interval (p < .05 for each comparison). In addition, the 8-strand method had significantly greater normalized load values than did the Savage method at each time interval (p < .05 for each c...Continue Reading

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