The Role of Carbon Fibre as a Flexor Tendon Substitute
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Hand
- Vol. os-15 (2) , 145-148
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0072-968x(83)80004-7
Abstract
Experiments have been carried out on Rhesus monkeys to determine the effectiveness of carbon fibre as a flexor tendon substitute. Though the strength, flexibility and capacity to induce a neotendon make carbon fibre an ideal flexor tendon substitute, induction of fibrosis and accompanying increase in bulk of the implant resulted in failure.Keywords
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