Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a Suture Material in Tendon SurgeryElias Polykandriotis 1,2, Marcus Himmler 3, Shirin Mansouri 2, Florian Ruppe 4, Jasmin Grüner 1, Lars Bräeuer 5, Dirk W. Schubert 3, Raymund E. Horch 1
1Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Erlangen Medical Center, 2Department of Plastic, Hand, and Microsurgery, Sana Hospital Hof, 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, 4Department of Plastic Surgery, Bayreuth Municipal Hospital, 5Institute of Anatomy, Chair II, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
The present protocol illustrates a method for assessing the biophysical properties of tendon repairs ex vivo. A polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) suture material was evaluated by this method and compared to other materials under different conditions.
