Healing of the patellar tendon donor defect created after central-third patellar tendon autograft harvest. A long-term histological evaluation in the lamb model

• Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 340 - 348
• Main Authors: Sanchis-Alfonso, V, Subías-López, A, Monteagudo-Castro, C, Roselló-Sastre, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 1999
• Subjects: Animals; Anterior Cruciate Ligament - pathology; Anterior Cruciate Ligament - surgery; Cell cycle; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Knee; Knee Joint - pathology; Knee Joint - surgery; Laboratory animals; Male; Morbidity; Patella - pathology; Patella - surgery; Prognosis; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods; Sheep; Surgery; Tendons - pathology; Tendons - surgery; Tissue and Organ Harvesting; Tissue Donors; Transplantation, Autologous; Wound Healing - physiology; Spain

Patellar tendon donor defect (PTDD) healing after patellar tendon autograft (PTA), was evaluated in 12 lambs (24 knees), by means of conventional histology, immunohistochemistry and image analysis. The results of this study indicate that the PTDD is replaced by a tissue that does not assume the hist...