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Results of surgical repair versus splinting of experimentally transected muscle.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Almekinders, LC
Published in: J Orthop Trauma
1991

Complete muscle tears or transections can be treated by splinting or surgical repair. Although repair is often advocated in the young and athletic population, no well-controlled studies compare the results of splinting and surgical repair. I studied the effects of surgical repair versus splinting only of transected muscles in an experimental model. In group I (n = 14), a unilateral transection of the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle of the Sprague-Dawley rat was treated with splinting only. In group II (n = 14), the muscle was surgically repaired as well. Active and passive strength measurements at day 7 and 14 showed an earlier return of passive strength in group II at day 7. No statistically significant differences at day 14 were noted. In this model, earlier return of active and passive strength occurred in surgically repaired muscle disruption as compared with nonrepaired muscles.

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Published In

J Orthop Trauma

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ISSN

0890-5339

Publication Date

1991

Volume

5

Issue

2

Start / End Page

173 / 176

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Splints
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Orthopedics
  • Muscles
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Male
  • Animals
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Almekinders, L. C. (1991). Results of surgical repair versus splinting of experimentally transected muscle. J Orthop Trauma, 5(2), 173–176. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005131-199105020-00009
Almekinders, L. C. “Results of surgical repair versus splinting of experimentally transected muscle.J Orthop Trauma 5, no. 2 (1991): 173–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005131-199105020-00009.
Almekinders, L. C. “Results of surgical repair versus splinting of experimentally transected muscle.J Orthop Trauma, vol. 5, no. 2, 1991, pp. 173–76. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00005131-199105020-00009.
Almekinders LC. Results of surgical repair versus splinting of experimentally transected muscle. J Orthop Trauma. 1991;5(2):173–176.

Published In

J Orthop Trauma

DOI

ISSN

0890-5339

Publication Date

1991

Volume

5

Issue

2

Start / End Page

173 / 176

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Splints
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Orthopedics
  • Muscles
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Male
  • Animals
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences