ASSESSMENT OF AUTOGRAFT AND XENOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION ON TENDON HEALING IN A RABBIT ACHILLES TENDON MODEL

Abstract

The extra cellular network got from bovine small intestinal submucosa (BSIS-ECM) is used for the rehabilitation of musculotendinous tissues. Preclinical appraisal and clinical use have suggested that little intestinal submucosa extracellularmatrix corrupts rapidly after implantation and can be supplanted by having tissue that is practically and histologically like the regular tissue. The current investigation wanted to assess the effects BSIS-ECM on the fix of full-thickness Achilles tendon imperfection. Consequently, this examination was guided on twenty adult and clinically healthy males rabbits. Under sterile condition and general anesthesia; A 1.5-cm portion long segmental resection was made in the mid substance of the Achilles tendon, in autografts gathering (n=10) the section was inverted and reimplanted between the distal and proximal tendon stumps. While, in scaffold gathering (n=10)the tendon defect, was bridged the stumps with BSISECM implanted constructs shaped to fit in the defects with a 4-0 polypropylene thread by utilizing the modified Kessler technique; that connected the stumps of the native tendon and the specific implanted graft BSISECM. The histopathologicale valuation of the picked biopsies at 30, 60 and 120 days post-surgical treatment, which that BSISECM treated reveled the implanted graft supported upheld fast cell invasion and host tissue in growth. After sixty days, the remodeled BSISECM comprised of dense collagenous tissue with organization, cellularity, and vascularity similar to that of a normal tendon. However although, that the neovascularization and cellularity were significantly increased on 30 post-operation in the scaffold group and then decreased with time, while they were showed lesser scores in the autograft group, the collagen fibers alignment scores were significantly increased at days 30, 60, and 120 post-operative days, in scaffold group as compared to autograft group. Likewise, the scaffold group indicated well fiber alignment on day 60 post-operative; while, the autograft group was still at the same score level on day 120 postoperative day. In conclusion, BSISECM is rapidly degraded after implantation, for Achilles tendon repair model and is substitute by the deposition and organization of host tissue that is histologically identical to that of normal tissue and gives a microenvironment favorable to the growth and differentiation of cells and positive improve the recuperating of tendon defect. Subsequently, this examination estimates that the use of this biological material may consider as a novel strategy for injured tendon repair.