Tissue Engineering
Recent findings in tissue engineering described by researchers from King Saud University
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, September 4th, 2009
"The tensile strength of three different flexor tendon repair techniques were tested in vitro: the modified Kessler technique (a two-strand repair), two 'figure of eight' sutures (a four-strand repair) and three 'figure of eight' sutures (a six-strand repair). The mean breaking forces for the three techniques were 48.0 N, 73.1 N and 93.3 N, respectively, and the differences were highly significant (p <0.0001)," investigators in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia report.
"In a prospective clinical study, a total of 45 patients (50 fingers) with clean-cut complete lacerations of both flexor tendons in zone 2 were included. The protocol used the three 'figure of eight' suture...
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