Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Nov 2004
Patient outcomes following T-Fix meniscal repair and a modifiable, progressive rehabilitation program, a retrospective study.
This retrospective study presents clinical patient outcomes following meniscal repair using T-Fix devices and a modifiable, progressive rehabilitation program. ⋯ The T-Fix device used in combination with a modifiable progressive rehabilitation program produced excellent clinical patient outcomes among this patient group.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Nov 2004
Comparative StudyBiomechanical and histologic comparison of Achilles tendon ruptures reinforced with intratendinous and peritendinous plantaris tendon grafts in rabbits: an experimental study.
We hypothesized that the closer the reinforcing graft was to the repair zone, the more strength the healed tendon would achieved. Therefore, we compared the ruptured rabbit Achilles tendons reinforced with intratendinous and peritendinous plantaris grafts. ⋯ In reinforcing Achilles tendon repair, the site of the tendon graft affected the result. When the graft was used intratendinously, the healed tendon was more similar biomechanically to normal tendon and had more graft-tendon orientation histologically than the tendon augmented peritendinously.