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Table 2.

Load to failure of suture materials. Values displayed as mean Newtons (standard deviation).

Max Load to Failure Bisson (2008) Bisson (2010) Matthews (2020) Gomide (2019) Rose (2011) Liu (2017) Feucht (2015) Najibi (2010) Barber (2009) Wust (2006) Nakama (2019) Petri (2012) Martin (2014)
20 Ethibond 39.9 (14.9)
Stratafix 42.3 (7.2)
No. 2 PDS 133.2 (35.4) 170 (15) 42.8 (16.7)
30 V-Loc 50.7 (8.8)
No. 2 Fiberwire 165 (49) 168 (73) 240.17 145 (14) 169.0 (43.4) 282 (30) 259.70 (85.81) 307 (22) 50.9 (22.4)
No. 0 Ethibond 73 (5) 169.47 (58.18)
20 Vicryl 76 (3)
No. 2 Ethibond 133 (15) 97.98 146.1 (20.6) 134 (9) 143.92 (16.57) 137 (5)
No. 0 Vicryl 105 (6)
20 Fiberwire 124.55 (14.69)
No. 1 Vicryl 130 (9)
No. 2 Ticron 136 (3)
No. 0 Fiberwire 148.44 (15.41)
No. 2 Orthocord 152 (56) 228.13 (29.55) 221.80 (81.79) 282 (13)
Ultra-tape 198.94 (39.23) 172.03 (80.40)
No. 2 Ultrabraid 181 (55) 218.91 (45.69) 233.95 (62.11) 313 (7) 184.35 (30.15)
FiberTape 184 (83) 724.6 (84.9) 218 (28) 195.6 (62.1)
No. 2 Magnum Wire 190.09 (61.44) 237.78 (64.51)
No. 5 Ethibond 207.38 247 (10)
No. 2 Hi-Fi 213.39 240.42 (62.50)
No. 5 TiCron 226 (12)
No. 2 MaxBraid 237.90 (71.55)
No. 2 ForceFiber 246.25 (60.52)
Tiger Wire 251.03 (25.8)
Labral Tape 271.34 (48.48)
Herculine 276 (18)
Tiger Tape 287.43 (41.15)
Nylon 402.9 (5.2)
No. 5 Fiberwire 773.9 (11.0) 620 (29)
OrthoFiber 867.4 (25.4)
Ligafiber 1210.2 (65.6)