tendOns: biOmechanical study in rats

Surgical treatment for tendon injuries can be done using several repair techniques, but they always involve placement of suture material. The arrangement of the suture needs to maintain the apposition of the tendon stumps, preferably under conditions of movement. During the healing process, the suture thread should cause minimal tissue reaction and should have sufficient resistance to traction forces. Therefore, the arrangement and the suture material influence the healing process(1-3). McDowell et al(4) demonstrated that placing a suture thread in an uninjured tendon promoted a tissue reaction at the tendon/thread interface that interfered with the mechanical, histological and biochemical properties of intrasynovial tendons. Wong et al(5) demonstrated the existence of areas of acellularity in both vascularized and avascular AbStrAct