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In the small nerve groups, the load-to-failure for Nerve Tape repairs (2.33\u2009\u00b1\u20090.66\u2009N) was significantly higher than for suture repairs (1.22\u2009\u00b1\u20090.52\u2009N;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). In the large nerve groups, no significant difference in load-to-failure was found between Nerve Tape (7.45\u2009\u00b1\u20092.66\u2009N) and suture repairs (5.82\u2009\u00b1\u20091.59\u2009N:\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.12). Suture repairs tended to fail by rupture, whereas Nerve Tape failures resulted from microhook pullout. 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