EXPERIMENTAL TENDON SPLITTING IN DONKEYS ANGIOGRAPHIC AND HISTOLOGIC STUDY

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Sixteen experimental tendon splitting of the superficial and deep flexor tendons were done on 9 ap < /strong>p < /strong>arently healthy donkeys. The animals were euthanasied at different intervals post-operatively. Contrast arteriograms were performed before the splitting and before euthanasia. Samples from the operated tendons were examined histologicaly. The results proved an active reparative vascular and tissue reactions in and around the area of splites as well as the paratenon.