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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kaplan DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5040219 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaplan Daniel J DJ Dold Andrew P AP Fralinger David J DJ Meislin Robert J RJ
Arthroscopy techniques 20160801 4
Patients with gluteus minimus and medius tears that fail nonoperative management may be indicated for surgical repair; however, structural failure after gluteal tendon repair remains unacceptably high. This is likely related to the limited healing potential of tendinous tissue, which is poorly vascular and heals by formation of fibrocartilaginous scar tissue rather than histologically normal tendon. An emerging option to augment tendon healing is the use of a bioinductive implant that is designe ...[more]