Hamstring Graft Prepared With Suture Tape Is Effective in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Biomechanical Analysis.

Purpose: To investigate the graft diameters and mechanical properties of hamstring tendons sutured using different materials and techniques.

Methods: This study used 30 fresh, frozen human cadaveric semitendinosus tendons; the free ends of 10 specimens each were sutured by 2 No. 3 braided polyester sutures with the Krackow technique (BP group), SutureTape with the Krackow technique (ST group), or SutureTape Loop with the locking SpeedWhip technique (SL group).

Nano-Arthroscopic Ultrasound-Guided Excision of Unresolved Osgood-Schlatter Disease.

The nano-arthroscopic ultrasound-guided ossicle excision technique is used in the management of an unresolved Osgood-Schlatter disease. The NanoScope is inserted slightly lateral to the proximal patella tendon and moved on between the ossicle and anterior surface of the proximal tibia under ultrasonographic guidance. The 5-mm skin incision is made as a working portal on the medial side of the proximal patella tendon.

Capillary-assembled microchip for universal integration of various chemical functions onto a single microfluidic device.

A novel concept for assembling various chemical functions onto a single microfluidic device is proposed. The concept, called a capillary-assembled microchip, involves embedding chemically functionalized capillaries into a lattice microchannel network fabricated on poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The network has the same channel dimensions as the outer dimensions of the capillaries.