%0 Journal Article
%T Biomechanical comparison of modified Lim/Tsai tendon repairs with intra
%A Min Kai Chang
%A Shian Chao Tay
%A Yoke Rung Wong
%J Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
%@ 2043-6289
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1753193418769804
%X We compared the Lim/Tsai tendon repair technique using an extra-tendinous knot with modification using an intra-tendinous knot. The ultimate tensile strength, load to 2£żmm gap force, stiffness, mode of failure, location of failure, and time taken to repair each tendon were recorded during a single cycle loading test in 20 tendons with each repair method. We found that the ultimate tensile strength and 2£żmm gap force of the modified Lim/Tsai repair with an extra-tendinous knot (56 SD 5 N and 14 SD 2 N, respectively) were statistically significantly higher than that of the modified Lim/Tsai repair with intra-tendinous knot (51 SD 7 N and 11 SD 2 N, respectively). We conclude that the modified Lim/Tsai repair with extra-tendinous knot is stronger, despite having the same number of core strands
%K Flexor tendon
%K biomechanical
%K extra-tendinous
%K intra-tendinous
%K knot
%K Lim Tsai
%K multi-strand
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1753193418769804