Quantitative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound That Can Be Used to Evaluate Angiogenesis during Patellar Tendon Healing in Rats

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Mechanics indexes of the patellar tendons in the control and operation groups. (a) Failure loads and (b) tensile strength of patellar tendons after the surgery increased over time and had returned to near normal. Data are expressed as mean ± SD of 10 rats at each time point. p < 0.01; p < 0.001.

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