Tendon suture - operative techniques

Tendon sutures belong to the bases of surgical activity. Particularly in th e last decades these sutures experienced a substantial up-swing by the intr oduction of new techniques and materials. Target is to reestablish the tend on function. In order to achieve this target, it requires knowledge of tend on healing. An outline of suture materials, in particular specific suture t echniques as well as the subsequent treatment is given. With different loca lizations of the tendon lesions one deals.