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Oct, 2017

Tensile strength of the pullout repair technique for the medial meniscus posterior root tear: a porcine study.

International orthopaedics
  • Masataka Fujii
  • ,
  • Takayuki Furumatsu
  • ,
  • Haowei Xue
  • ,
  • Shinichi Miyazawa
  • ,
  • Yuya Kodama
  • ,
  • Tomohito Hino
  • ,
  • Yusuke Kamatsuki
  • ,
  • Toshifumi Ozaki

Volume
41
Number
10
First page
2113
Last page
2118
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1007/s00264-017-3561-8

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare the load-to-failure of different common suturing techniques with a new technique for the medial meniscus posterior root tear (MMPRT). METHODS: Thirty porcine medial menisci were randomly assigned to three suturing techniques used for transtibial pullout repair of the MMPRT (n = 10 per group). Three different meniscal suture configurations were studied: the two simple suture (TSS) technique, the conventional modified Mason-Allen suture (MMA) technique, and the new MMA technique using the FasT-Fix combined with the Ultrabraid (F-MMA). The ultimate failure load was tested using a tensile testing machine. RESULTS: The MMA and F-MMA groups demonstrated significantly higher failure loads than the TSS group (P = 0.0003 and P = 0.0005, respectively). No significant differences were observed between the MMA and F-MMA groups (P = 0.734). CONCLUSIONS: The ultimate failure load was significantly greater in the F-MMA than the TSS group and similar to the conventional MMA technique.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-017-3561-8
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28707050
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1007/s00264-017-3561-8
  • Pubmed ID : 28707050

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