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Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the load to failure of different common suturing techniques with that of repair devices.
Methods: Seventy-one calf medial menisci were cut to simulate peripheral longitudinal tears and repaired using either one of the two suture techniques or one of the seven repair devices. Then the two parts of the meniscus were pulled using an Instron tensometer until failure occurred. The techniques and repair devices tested included vertical (0 PDS, 2/0 PDS, 2/0 Ethibond) and horizontal (0 PDS, 2/0 PDS, 2/0 Ethibond) suturing, and repair devices such as T-fix, Mitek, Clearfix screw, Clearfix dart, Biostinger, S-D-sorb, and Arthrex dart.
Results: The strongest repair method was found to be the vertical or horizontal sutures with 0 PDS. No significant differences were found between vertical and horizontal sutures using 2/0 Ethibond and PDS. Except for T-fix, all meniscal repair devices exhibited lower mean failure strengths compared with those of the vertical and horizontal suturing techniques. Similarly, all repair devices, except for T-fix and partly for Arthrex dart (50% broken up), pulled-out of the menisci. Devices with larger barbs (Clearfix screw and Biostinger) had higher mean failure strengths than the others.
Conclusion: Because all meniscal repair devices had inferior results, and if such devices are to be preferred, postoperative rehabilitation should not be hastened, keeping in mind their inferior primary stability. Attempts to improve repair devices should consider using larger barbs, to hold more collagen fibers when placed more vertically.
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English
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Publication Date
September 11, 2006
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March 6, 2014
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Year 2000 Volume: 34 Number: 5
APA
Asik, M., Sener, N., Dikici, F., & Sen, C. (2006). Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 34(5), 512-516. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822
AMA
1.Asik M, Sener N, Dikici F, Sen C. Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;34(5):512-516. doi:10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822
Chicago
Asik, Mehmet, Nadir Sener, Fatih Dikici, and Cengiz Sen. 2006. “Failure Strengths of Repair Devices versus Meniscus Suturing Techniques”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 34 (5): 512-16. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822.
EndNote
Asik M, Sener N, Dikici F, Sen C (September 1, 2006) Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 34 5 512–516.
IEEE
[1]M. Asik, N. Sener, F. Dikici, and C. Sen, “Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 512–516, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822.
ISNAD
Asik, Mehmet - Sener, Nadir - Dikici, Fatih - Sen, Cengiz. “Failure Strengths of Repair Devices versus Meniscus Suturing Techniques”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 34/5 (September 1, 2006): 512-516. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822.
JAMA
1.Asik M, Sener N, Dikici F, Sen C. Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;34:512–516.
MLA
Asik, Mehmet, et al. “Failure Strengths of Repair Devices versus Meniscus Suturing Techniques”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 34, no. 5, Sept. 2006, pp. 512-6, doi:10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Asik, Nadir Sener, Fatih Dikici, Cengiz Sen. Failure strengths of repair devices versus meniscus suturing techniques. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;34(5):512-6. doi:10.3944/aott.v34i5.1822