Fig. 4.

Failure strength (Fig. 4-A) and stiffness (Fig. 4-B) with three different suture materials (braided polyblend [FW], polydioxanone [PDS], and polyester [Ethibond]) and three different knot configurations (8-throw square knot [Intact], TSOL knot, and 4-throw square knot). Bars whose annotations include the same letter (e.g., “a” and “a”) were not significantly different from each other, whereas bars not including the same letter (e.g., “a” and “b”) were significantly different. The error bars represent the standard deviation.