High-Strength Suture Tapes Are Biomechanically Stronger Than High-Strength Sutures Used in Rotator Cuff Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the mechanical properties, tendon resistance to suture cutout, and knot size of a broad variety of high-strength sutures and tapes available for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Methods

Nine different types of high-strength sutures and tapes for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair were studied: 6 were tapes (FiberTape, Hi-Fi Tape, Permatape, SutureTape, UltraTape, and XBraid TT), and 3 were sutures (Dynacord, FiberWire, and Ultrabraid). First, mechanical tensile testing of suture loops (n = 6) was performed. Second, the suture material was passed through an intact human cadaveric rotator cuff tendon (supraspinatus or infraspinatus), and cyclic as well as load-to-failure testing was performed, 8 times for each suture or tape. Statistical analysis of groups (ta

SUBMITTER: Borbas P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220614 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature