Integral Suture-Handling Techniques for Arthroscopic Sliding Knots.

ABSTRACT: In arthroscopic tissue repair, the final step is achieving adequate tissue approximation with a secure knot. The sliding knot is widely preferred over the nonsliding knot, with numerous publications describing knot configurations. However, in the literature there are few published descriptions of suture-handling techniques, even though they are fundamental to arthroscopic knot tying. We describe integral suture-handling techniques for arthroscopic sliding knots to improve the surgeon's performance in knot tying.

SUBMITTER: Kanchanatawan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5039732 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature