Experimental flexor tendon healing without adhesion formation--a new concept of tendon nutrition and intrinsic healing mechanisms. A preliminary report.
An experimental model is presented enabling an analysis of the healing process of completely cut and re-sutured free segments of rabbit flexor tendons, kept avascular in a synovial milieu and completely isolated from adhesion formation. Under these conditions the cut tendons heal within a few weeks. It can be shown that this healing process is a result of intrinsic tendon cell activity only.
D000818:Animals; D011817:Rabbits; D013708:Tendon Injuries; D013710:Tendons / Q000166:cytology / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D014034:Toes; D014945:Wound Healing