Hand and Upper Extremity

Barbed Suture Tenorrhaphy: An Ex Vivo Biomechanical Analysis

Parikh PM, Davison SP, Higgins JP (Georgetown Univ Hosp, Washington, DC; Union Memorial Hosp, Baltimore, MD) Plast Reconstr Surg 124:1551-1558, 2009^§

D.J. Smith, Jr., MD

Evidence Ranking

• C

Expert Rating

• 2

Abstract

Background

Using barbed suture for flexor tenorrhaphy could permit knotless repair with tendon-barb adherence along the suture’s entire length. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tensile strength and repair-site profile of a technique of barbed suture tenorrhaphy.