Farkas L G, Lindsay W K
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1980 Feb;65(2):188-94. doi: 10.1097/00006534-198002000-00011.
Sixty-three white Leghorn chickens were used in a two-stage tendon grafting into the deep flexor of the third toe. In the first stage, a 4- or 8-week-old pseudosheath was created around the Silastic rod. In the second stage, the grafting was carried out: in 33 birds the new sheath covered the entire tendon graft and its junctions; in 30 controls, only the main portion of the graft was covered by pseudosheath. Following 6 weeks of immobilization, the toe was left free for 8 weeks and active flexion was registered once a week at perching. The covered junctions were found to be of high anatomical quality; they were, on an average, stronger, and flexion return was significantly greater (in 8-week-old pseudosheath) when compared with noncovered control grafts.
63只白色来亨鸡被用于分两阶段将肌腱移植到第三趾的深屈肌中。在第一阶段，围绕硅橡胶棒创建一个4周或8周龄的假鞘。在第二阶段，进行移植：在33只鸡中，新鞘覆盖了整个肌腱移植物及其连接处；在30只对照鸡中，只有移植物的主要部分被假鞘覆盖。固定6周后，让脚趾自由活动8周，并在每周栖息时记录一次主动屈曲情况。发现被覆盖的连接处具有较高的解剖学质量；与未覆盖的对照移植物相比，它们平均更强，并且（在8周龄的假鞘中）屈曲恢复明显更大。
