The effect of modified locking methods and suture materials on Zone II flexor tendon repair—An ex vivo study

• Susumu Yoneda ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: susumuyoneda@wustl.edu

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9466-2571

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• Hirotaka Okubo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Stephen W. Linderman,

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-5870

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• Nozomu Kusano,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tominaga-Kusano Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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• Matthew J. Silva,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Stavros Thomopoulos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Fuminori Kanaya,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Richard H. Gelberman

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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