Assessment of skin staples for augmentation of core tenorrhaphy in an ex vivo model of canine superficial digital flexor tendon laceration.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results indicated epitendinous placement of skin staples around a core SDFT tenorrhaphy site improved the biomechanical strength and resistance to gap formation for the repair but was inferior to epitendinous placement of SXS sutures. Further research is necessary before skin staples are used for tenorrhaphy augmentation in clinical patients.
PMID: 32700993 [PubMed - in process]

Source: American Journal of Veterinary Research - July 25, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Chang YJ, Duffy DJ, Gaffney L, Fisher MB, Moore GE Tags: Am J Vet Res Source Type: research