Prevention of Peritendinous Adhesions Using an Electrospun DegraPol Polymer Tube: A Histological, Ultrasonographic, and Biomechanical Study in Rabbits

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Load until failure (a), CSA (b), stiffness (c), failure stress (d), and E-modulus (e) determined for the tendons of rabbits with a 180°/150° casting regime. Key: NT = no treatment (contralateral legs); DP = 4-strand Becker suture and a DegraPol tube; 4-strand = 4-strand Becker suture. 𝑃 values <0.05 are marked by asterisk (^∗). Sample size was 𝑛=3 for DP and 4-strand groups, respectively, and 𝑛=6 for NT group.

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