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ArticleArthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation2020

High-Tensile Strength Tapes Show Greater Ultimate Failure Load and Less Stiffness Than High-Tensile Strength Sutures in a Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis Porcine Model.

Chih-Kai Hong, Wei-Ren Su, Fa-Chuan Kuan, Yueh Chen, Chen-Hao Chiang, Kai-Lan Hsu

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Article in Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Chih-Kai HongDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.
Wei-Ren SuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.
Fa-Chuan KuanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.
Yueh ChenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sin Lau Hospital, Tainan.
Chen-Hao ChiangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Kai-Lan HsuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.
National Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWChia-Yi Christian Hospital · TWSin-Lau Christian Hospital · TW

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Abstract

purposeTo compare the biomechanical properties of high-tensile strength tape and a high-tensile strength suture in subpectoral biceps tenodesis using a suture anchor in a porcine tendon model.

methodsA total of 24 artificial composite (polymer and glass fiber) humeri and porcine flexor profundus tendons were used. Two types of suture materials, high-tensile strength sutures (group S) and high-tensile strength tapes (group T), were evaluated. After we inserted metallic suture anchors with either 2 sutures or tapes 5 cm from the superomedial corner of the greater tuberosity, a Krackow suture technique was used to secure the tendons. After a preload of 5 N for 2 minutes, a cyclic loading test from 5 to 70 N was conducted for 500 cycles. Finally, the specimen was loaded to failure at a rate of 1 mm/s.

resultsThere were no significant between-group differences in elongation after cyclic loading and elongation at failure load for group S and group T (

conclusionsUsing high-tensile strength tapes in subpectoral biceps tenodesis using a suture anchor leads to significantly greater ultimate failure load as compared with using high-tensile strength sutures in a porcine model. Although lower levels of stiffness were found in high-tensile strength tape group, the difference in the means were not large between 2 groups. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: A strong suture-tendon structure may prevent clinical failure of a subpectoral biceps tenodesis using a suture anchor.

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