Comparison of the double loop knot stitch and Kessler stitch for Achilles tendon repair: A biomechanical cadaver study

• Stephan Frosch ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Stephan.Frosch@med.uni-goettingen.de

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6911-7360

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• Gottfried Buchhorn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Thelonius Hawellek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Tim Alexander Walde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Wolfgang Lehmann,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Jan Hubert

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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