A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair
Stronger flexor tendon repairs facilitate early active motion therapy protocols. Core sutures using looped suture material provide 1 ½ to twice the strength of Kessler′s technique (with four strand and six strand Tsuge technique respectively). The technique is well-described and uses preformed loope...
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| description | Stronger flexor tendon repairs facilitate early active motion therapy protocols. Core sutures using looped suture material provide 1 ½ to twice the strength of Kessler′s technique (with four strand and six strand Tsuge technique respectively). The technique is well-described and uses preformed looped sutures (supramid). This is not available in many countries and we describe a technique whereby looped sutures can be introduced in flexor tendon repair by the use of 23 G hypodermic needle and conventional 4.0 or 5.0 sutures. This is an alternative when the custom made preformed sutures are not available. This can be practiced in zone 3 to zone 5 repairs. Technical difficulties limit its use in zone 2 repairs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-534a4b7b499d49ff92b8498171895a1c2022-12-22T02:44:15ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2006-01-013901919310.1055/s-0039-1699133A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repairKamath B Jagannath0Bhardwaj Praveen1Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka IndiaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka IndiaStronger flexor tendon repairs facilitate early active motion therapy protocols. Core sutures using looped suture material provide 1 ½ to twice the strength of Kessler′s technique (with four strand and six strand Tsuge technique respectively). The technique is well-described and uses preformed looped sutures (supramid). This is not available in many countries and we describe a technique whereby looped sutures can be introduced in flexor tendon repair by the use of 23 G hypodermic needle and conventional 4.0 or 5.0 sutures. This is an alternative when the custom made preformed sutures are not available. This can be practiced in zone 3 to zone 5 repairs. Technical difficulties limit its use in zone 2 repairs.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699133flexor tendon repairmodified looped suture |
| spellingShingle | Kamath B Jagannath Bhardwaj Praveen A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery flexor tendon repair modified looped suture |
| title | A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair |
| title_full | A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair |
| title_fullStr | A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair |
| title_full_unstemmed | A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair |
| title_short | A technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair |
| title_sort | technique for introducing looped sutures in flexor tendon repair |
| topic | flexor tendon repair modified looped suture |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699133 |
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