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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 2014 Apr 4;32(7):944–951. doi: 10.1002/jor.22624

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Illustration of tendon repair. A full-thickness tenotomy is performed in the midsubstance of the Achilles tendon and the plantaris tendon is left intact. The defect is then repaired immediately using a two-strand core suture (Bunnell technique).