Matthews P
Br J Plast Surg. 1976 Jul;29(3):216-24. doi: 10.1016/s0007-1226(76)90059-x.
A study has been made of the fate of isolated, devascularised segments of profundus tendon replaced within the synovial flexor sheaths in the front paws of adult rabbits. In all the experiments the segments were found to have survived as viable "loose bodies" and no adhesions developed. Active remodelling processes occurred over the cut ends of the segments and degenerative changes were confined to the most deeply lying tissue. The experiments confirm the existence of a synovial fluid pathway of nutrition, concerned, it is suggested, with nourishing the more superficial layers of the tendon.
对成年兔前爪滑膜屈肌鞘内替换的孤立、去血管化的 profundus 肌腱节段的转归进行了一项研究。在所有实验中，这些节段均存活为有活力的“游离体”，且未形成粘连。节段的断端发生了活跃的重塑过程，退变改变局限于最深层组织。这些实验证实了存在一种滑膜液营养途径，据推测，该途径与滋养肌腱的较浅层有关。
