Prevention of Peritendinous Adhesions Using an Electrospun DegraPol Polymer Tube: A Histological, Ultrasonographic, and Biomechanical Study in Rabbits
Figure 1
(a) Very elastic DegraPol tube used for mechanical blockage of regenerating tendon tissue and surrounding tissue, (b) and (c) implantation of tube in addition to a conventional 4-strand Becker suture, (d) New Zealand white rabbit with a cast having an ankle angle of 180° (fully stretched), (e) extracted tendon specimen with 4-strand suture and (f) extracted tendon specimen with DP tube application in addition to 4-strand suture.
