TY - JOUR
T1 - The early stages of flexor tendon healing
T2 - A morphologic study of the first fourteen days
AU - Gelberman, Richard H.
AU - Vandeberg, Jerry S.
AU - Manske, Paul R.
AU - Akeson, Wayne H.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Calif., and Washington University, SI. Louis, Mo. Supported by National Institutes of Health Grant AM/GM 33097-07. Received for publication Nov. 8, 1984; accepted in revised fonn Jan. 3, 1985. Reprint requests: Richard H. Gelbennan, M.D., 225 Dickinson SI., San Diego, CA 92103.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Healing canine flexor tendons treated with protected early motion were studied by light and transmission electron microscopy in the early stages after repair. Two micrometer sections were made across the repair sites. The repair site configuration varied with the extent of gaps that formed between the tendon ends. Each tendon had areas where the tendon stumps were well coapted, and other areas had defects of up to 3 mm. Some areas had gaps healed by way of a marked cellular response from the epitenon, whereas more closely coapted areas had a greater initial endotenon response. The repair site was revascularized by day 7 in regions with close tendon stump approximation and by 10 to 14 days in regions with larger gaps between the tendon ends.
AB - Healing canine flexor tendons treated with protected early motion were studied by light and transmission electron microscopy in the early stages after repair. Two micrometer sections were made across the repair sites. The repair site configuration varied with the extent of gaps that formed between the tendon ends. Each tendon had areas where the tendon stumps were well coapted, and other areas had defects of up to 3 mm. Some areas had gaps healed by way of a marked cellular response from the epitenon, whereas more closely coapted areas had a greater initial endotenon response. The repair site was revascularized by day 7 in regions with close tendon stump approximation and by 10 to 14 days in regions with larger gaps between the tendon ends.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0363-5023(85)80151-9
DO - 10.1016/S0363-5023(85)80151-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 2416800
AN - SCOPUS:0022328961
SN - 0363-5023
VL - 10
SP - 776
EP - 784
JO - Journal of Hand Surgery
JF - Journal of Hand Surgery
IS - 6
ER -