Safety evaluation of a laxity-minimizing suture at 5 days and 6 weeks after repair of a sheep infraspinatus tendon

From Bench to Bedside: Semper Gumby—Like Living Tissue, Let’s Stay Flexible

“…The first study utilized an in vivo ovine model and compared laxity-minimizing high–tensile strength sutures with in “industry standard” competitor at both 5 days and 6 weeks. The authors found the new suture to cause no adverse reactions in the test animals and had approximately one-half of the gap formation of the conventional ones [9]. The second study utilized a laboratory ovine model and noted less tendon cut-through with laxity-minimizing high–tensile strength sutures (2.69 ± 1.02 mm versus 3.72 ± 1.14 mm; p = 0.012) and further noted that this finding was present in 13 of 14 tested specimens [15].…”