Hayati AYGÜN, Albert ÇAKAR, H. Atıl ATİLLA

Tendon healing and repair: A review of current approaches

Yaşam süresinin uzaması ve rekreatif aktivitelerin yaşamda daha fazla yer alması sonucunda artan tendon hastalıklarının tedavisi ortopedik cerrahideki önemini korumaktadır. Bu alanda yapılan çok sayıda çalışmalar ve geliştirilen birçok cerrahi metotlarla önemli kazanımlar elde edilmiş olmasına karşın öteden beri devam eden zorluklar ve komplikasyonların bir kısmı günümüzde de hala devam etmektedir. Dolayısı ile ideal tendon tamir metodu elde etmek için çok sayıda çalışma yapılmış ve yapılmaktadır. Bütün bu çalışmaların istenen hedefe ulaşabilmesinde, tendonun biyolojik ve biyomekanik yapısının, iyileşme evrelerinin, tamir mekanizmaları ve iyileşmesini etkileyen faktörlerin iyi bilinmesi yadsınamaz bir gerçektir. Bu çalışma, tendon tamiri ve iyileşmesi konusunda son yıllarda yapılan çalışmalar ve klasik bilgilerin harmanlanarak güncel yaklaşımların aktarılması amacıyla rapor edilmiştir.

Tendon iyileşmesi ve tamirinde güncel yaklaşımların gözden geçirilmesi

The treatment of tendon diseases increasing as the result of longer life expectancy and further taking place of re-creative activities in life maintains its importance in orthopedic surgery. Significant datas have been obtained with numerous conducted studies and many developed surgical methods in this field, however the ongoing challenges and some complications are still lasting today. Therefore, a number of studies were conducted in order to obtain the ideal tendon repair method and are still conducted. For reaching the desired goal of all of these studies, to have a good knowledge about the biological and biomechanical structure of the tendon, the healing stages, and the factors aff ecting the repair mechanisms and healing has an undeniable place. In this review it has been aimed to help the researchers by reviewing the studies about tendon repair and healing in the literature.

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