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Locking Loop Tendon Suture Use in Repair of Five Calcanean Tendons
Author(s) -
TOMLINSON JAMES,
MOORE ROBERT
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1982.tb00678.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrous joint , tendon , blood supply , surgery , reduction (mathematics) , anatomy , mathematics , geometry
The locking loop tendon suture is demonstrated. Five cases of its use in both acute and chronic lacerations of the calcanean tendon are presented. The results in all five cases were excellent. Advantages of this suture pattern include preservation of the intrinsic blood supply of the tendon, gap formation produced only with extreme load, simple and rapid placement of the suture, and reduction in adhesions. This suture pattern also can be used for other tendons.