Experimental Study Of Tendon Wound Healing In Dogs Using Different Suture Material

Thirty one wale dogs, 2-3 years old and weighing frOLl 15-20 Kilograwoes were used. The anf.aa Ls were prepared for aseptn,c surgery under barbiturate anaesthesia (Nesdonal Bod Lum) Preuedicated witli, Comb al’e n • .. The chillis tendon was severed and sutured using nylon, silk and cat gut with the well k!lO\vn. figure 8uethods. Postoperative i8uoblization of the limbs was found highly necessary for the process of healing. ’llherefore 4 trials were perforL!-ed, the LlOS-Ci satisfactory of which wasthe Kirschner-Ehuer splint fL~ed by two plate The anioals were sacrificed at periods of 1,3,7,10,15’ and 28 days postoperative and s aup.l.e s of the tendonsincluding the sutured part were collected,exawined iJacro-scopically. stained and then evaluated h Ls t opatiho Lcg Lc aj Ly ,The 8acroscopical results were not completly suffic:t.-ent to reflect the.different steps of the healing process.Histopathological findings revealed that the proli- feration of fibroblastic cells from the cut ends of thetendon went illu1d in hand with their proliferation fron the tendon sheath and this phenomenon .was ne ce asaz-y for the process of tendon healing.A close relation was deteruined betweer. the results