Table 3.
Stiffness of suture materials. Values displayed as mean millimeters (standard deviation).
| Stiffness: | Bisson (2008) | Bisson (2010) | Matthews (2020) | Rose (2011) | Yamagami (2006) | Feucht (2015) | Taha (2020) | Najibi (2010) | Hurwit (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 2 Orthocord | 14.8 (2.5) | 75.28 (16.01) | 5.07 (0.74) | 24.4 (0.7) | |||||
| No. 2 Ultrabraid | 16.5 (3.8) | 88.05 (21.03) | 6.12 (0.81) | ||||||
| No. 2 Ethibond | 9.2 (2.3) | 11.3 (0.4) | 13.6 (0.8) | 7.40 (2.38) | 13 (2) | 16.3 (0.5) | |||
| No. 2 PDS | 8.1 (0.2) | 8.6 (1.2) | |||||||
| Nylon | 43.3 (0.9) | 9.4 (1.6) | |||||||
| 2–0 Vicryl | 10 (1) | ||||||||
| Ultra-tape | 125.82 (24.67) | 11.13 (1.12) | |||||||
| No. 0 Vicryl | 12 (1) | ||||||||
| No. 0 Ethibond | 12 (1) | ||||||||
| No. 1 Ethibond | 12(1) | ||||||||
| No. 2 Ticron | 14 (1) | ||||||||
| No. 1 Vicryl | 15 (1) | ||||||||
| No. 2 Fiberwire | 67 (13) | 26.9 (2.4) | 17.77 (3.07) | 35 (6) | 71.1 (2.1) | ||||
| No. 5 TiCron | 19 (5) | ||||||||
| Fibertape | 66 (11) | 114.7 (5.8) | 26.6 (6.8) | 23.94 (3.20) | |||||
| No. 5 Ethibond | 25 (2) | ||||||||
| No. 2 ForceFiber | 26.1 (1.4) | ||||||||
| No. 2 MagnumWire | 105.75 (16.89) | 34.0 (2.5) | |||||||
| 2–0 Fiberwire | 124.98 (17.02) | 50.9 (7.7) | |||||||
| No. 5 Fiberwire | 79.5 (3.9) | 62 (18) | |||||||
| OrthoFiber | 69.8 (9.1) | ||||||||
| No. 0 Fiberwire | 127.92 (16.23) | ||||||||
| Ligafiber | 161.4 (25.1) | ||||||||
| Tiger Tape | 173.35 (15.60) | ||||||||
| Tiger Wire | 186.49 (19.83) | ||||||||
| Labral Tape | 195.77 (49.06) |