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The use of less suture material for graft preparation is thought to improve ingrowth and to reduce the risk for infection. At the same time, the suture construct should be strong enough to resist the surgeon\u2019s pull during tensioning of the transplant.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In total, 39 fresh-frozen procine deep flexor tendons were used and prepared as four-strand grafts. In the three-suture group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200919), graft preparation was performed using three tibial-sided sutures, with each tendon end sutured separately. In the one-suture group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200920), a modified graft preparation using only one tibial-sided suture was applied. Each sample underwent load-to-failure testing (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>) after cyclic pre-loading. To estimate intraoperative tension forces acting on the tibial-sided suture constructs, the maximal tension force of 26 volunteers on such a construct was measured using a load cell.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The biomechanical testing of the two different suture constructs showed a significantly higher load-to-failure for the three-suture group (711\u00a0N\u2009\u00b1\u200991\u00a0N) compared to the one-suture group (347\u00a0N\u2009\u00b1\u200924\u00a0N) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0001). In both groups, the mode of failure was a tear of the suture in all samples. A failure of the suture\u2013tendon interface was not observed in any case. The median maximal tension force on the construct applied by the 26 volunteers was 134\u00a0N (range 73\u2013182\u00a0N).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The presented single-suture tendon graft preparation resisted to smaller failure loads than the conventional three-suture technique. However, no failures in the suture\u2013tendon interface were seen and the failure loads observed were far beyond the tension forces that can be expected intraoperatively. 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