Adhesion extent data for rabbit Achilles tendon full transection model repaired with a 4-strand Becker suture, an additional DegraPol® tube or an additional DegraPol® tube releasing stem cell/tenocyte secretome plus an initial injection of secretome

Here we present adhesion extent data gathered from a rabbit Achilles tendon full transection model. We assessed how much of the tissue adhered to the surrounding tissue in cross sections of the rabbit Achilles tendons three weeks post operation compared to the entire circumference. The experimental groups were a) a 4-strand Becker suture, b) a 4-strand Becker suture with a pure DegraPol® tube, c) a 4-strand Becker suture, an injection of 50 microliter of a secretome harvested from a 3:1-ratio cell culture of adipose-derived stem cells:rabbit Achilles tenocytes, and a DegraPol® tube releasing such secretome, and d) the non-treated healthy rabbit Achilles tendons as a control.