Experience using a flexible reinforced fiber suture for sternal closure in bilateral lung transplantation recipients undergoing bilateral transverse thoracosternotomy

Coster, Jenalee N.; Chan, Ernest G.; Furukawa, Masashi; Sánchez, Pablo G.

doi:10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.05.006

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“…In vitro studies in dogs also demonstrated good mechanical properties and predictability, with suture tape being stronger, stiffer, and resisting more cycles than nylon 21–23 . A recent publication reporting on the clinical use of suture tape for sternal closure in humans reported no complications when compared with closure with wire, which had a complication rate of 28.6% requiring surgical intervention 24 . In humans, suture tape applications include rotator cuff repair, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, ulnar collateral ligament repair, olecranon fracture repair, and patellar fracture repair, among others 25–29 .…”

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“…[21][22][23] A recent publication reporting on the clinical use of suture tape for sternal closure in humans reported no complications when compared with closure with wire, which had a complication rate of 28.6% requiring surgical intervention. 24 In humans, suture tape applications include rotator cuff repair, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, ulnar collateral ligament repair, olecranon fracture repair, and patellar fracture repair, among others. [25][26][27][28][29] Suture tape is most commonly used in veterinary medicine as a lateral suture at the stifle and in toggle rod procedures for repair of coxofemoral luxation.…”

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Biomechanical comparison of canine median sternotomy closure using suture tape and orthopedic wire cerclage

Rivenburg,

Maxwell,

Bertran

et al. 2023

Veterinary Surgery

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ObjectiveTo compare the mechanical properties of suture tape and orthopedic wire cerclage in an ex vivo canine median sternotomy model.Study designEx vivo.AnimalsTwelve large‐breed canine cadaveric sternums.MethodsMedian sternotomies were performed, leaving the manubrium intact. The specimens were randomly assigned to group W (20‐gauge stainless steel orthopedic wire cerclage in a figure‐of‐eight pattern) or group ST (suture tape in a figure‐of‐eight pattern). Each specimen was laterally distracted until failure using an electrodynamic materials‐testing system.ResultsNo differences were observed for displacement, yield load, maximum load, implant failure between the groups. The orthopedic wire construct was stiffer than the suture tape construct.ConclusionSuture tape was biomechanically similar to orthopedic wire cerclage for sternotomy closure in dogs, although wire constructs were stiffer.Clinical significanceSuture tape may represent an alternative to cerclage wire for sternotomy closure in dogs. Additional studies evaluating its clinical use are needed.

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