Table 2.

Results of Cyclic and Load-to-Failure Testing (Mechanical Study Part) of 9 Different High-Strength Sutures and Tapes

Product	N	Stiffness, N/mm		Force at 3 mm, N		Displacement at 200 N, mm		Ultimate Load to Failure, N		Displacement at Failure, mm
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
FiberTape	6	50	5.2	376	19.1	2.0	0.10	806	36.2	8.8	3.78
Hi-Fi Tape	6	56	3.2	205	23.2	3.2	0.74	592	52.4	25.6	5.79
Permatape	6	58	5.3	219	11.0	2.8	0.12	551	38.1	7.4	1.66
SutureTape	6	37	2.3	130	14.6	4.2	0.34	327	24.7	5.9	0.35
UltraTape	6	54	4.9	197	35.0	5.7	0.39	402	37.6	5.9	1.11
XBraid TT	6	23	3.2	80	11.8	6.7	0.75	378	69.9	10.9	2.58
Dynacord	6	9	0.5	19	1.8	10.0	0.58	314	21.6	12.4	1.47
FiberWire	6	42	4.4	151	9.0	4.1	0.41	258	15.3	6.0	0.98
Ultrabraid	6	24	0.9	82	10.6	5.7	0.39	294	28.3	7.6	0.66
Total	54	29	2.3	162	100.5	4.6	2.42	436	174.5	10.1	6.43

SD, standard deviation.