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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Ultimate failure load (UFL) of the two different suture techniques

From: Interlocking horizontal mattress suture versus Kakiuchi technique in repair of Achilles tendon rupture: a biomechanical study

Specimen

Kakiuchi

IHM

UFL (N)

UFL (N)

1

75.89

205.44

2

143.21

201.97

3

70.61

280.40

4

110.12

219.25

5

120.35

196.55

6

63.11

203.40

7

77.02

211.22

8

110.25

300.60

9

113.09

240.94

10

82.02

226.28

 

Mean

Mean

 

96.57

228.60