COMPARISON OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE AND POLYPROPYLENE MONOFILAMENT SUTURES USED FOR FLEXOR TENDON REPAIR
- 30 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
- Vol. 26 (3), 212-216
- https://doi.org/10.1054/jhsb.2000.0508
Abstract
We performed an experimental study to evaluate the mechanical properties of polyvinylidene fluoride sutures and to compare their use with that of standard polypropylene sutures for the circumferential, epitendinous suture of a flexor tendon repair. Polyvinylidene fluoride sutures had a smaller suture diameter, a greater knot pull strength and less delayed extension when under creep testing, than polypropylene sutures. Tendons repaired using polyvinylidene fluoride sutures had significantly greater gap and breaking strengths than those repaired using polypropylene sutures.Keywords
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