Figure 4
From: Tension of knotted surgical sutures shows tissue specific rapid loss in a rodent model
Model of dynamic of suture tension in liver showing measured tension strength within the suture loop (solid blue), and estimate (fitted model according to formula above; solid red) for the course of tension between P 1 and P plat , assuming a final plateau and a constant rate for declination; relation of the fitted model with the measured curve is indicated by Pearson's correlation coefficient r. P0 = peak suture tension, P1 = transition to the constant declining phase, Pplat = suture tension of the constant plateau (mean ± SD).