Hamstring Graft Prepared With Suture Tape Is Effective in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Biomechanical Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the graft diameters and mechanical properties of hamstring tendons sutured using different materials and techniques.

Methods

This study used 30 fresh, frozen human cadaveric semitendinosus tendons; the free ends of 10 specimens each were sutured by 2 No. 3 braided polyester sutures with the Krackow technique (BP group), SutureTape with the Krackow technique (ST group), or SutureTape Loop with the locking SpeedWhip technique (SL group). First, the changes in graft diameter from before suturing to after suturing were investigated. Each graft was pre-tensioned to 100 N for 3 cycles and then cyclically loaded to 200 N for 200 cycles. Elongation after cyclic loading and displacement in the 200th cycle were calculated. Finally, each specimen was loaded to fa

SUBMITTER: Kamiya T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365212 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature