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Percutaneous Ultrasonic Debridement Of Tendinopathy—A Pilot Achilles Rabbit Model, Srinath Kamineni, Timothy Butterfield, Anthony Sinai
Percutaneous Ultrasonic Debridement Of Tendinopathy—A Pilot Achilles Rabbit Model, Srinath Kamineni, Timothy Butterfield, Anthony Sinai
Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Tendinopathy is a common clinical pathology, with mixed treatment results, especially when chronic. In this study, we examine the effects of an ultrasonic debridement modality in a rabbit tendinopathy model. We asked four questions: (1) Was it possible to create and visualize with ultrasound a tendinopathy lesion in a rabbit Achilles tendon? (2) Was it possible to guide a 19-gauge ultrasonic probe into the tendinopathy lesion? (3) Following ultrasonic treatment, was tendinopathy debris histologically present? and (4) Was the collagen profile qualitatively and quantitatively normalized following treatment?
METHODS: Skeletally mature female New Zealand white rabbits (n = 12) …