INFLUENCE OF LOCAL CHEMOKINE DELIVERY AND POSTOPERATIVE PERIPHERAL BLOOD MOBILIZATION ON ACHILLES TENDON REPAIR

Influence of Local Chemokine Delivery and Postoperative Peripheral Blood Mobilization on Achilles Tendon Repair

Category: Basic Sciences/Biologics; Sports; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have demonstrated promise in augmenting the surgical repair of full thickness tendon tears.Despite this promise, obtaining a therapeutic concentration of MSCs is time-, labor- and resource intensive, and is subject to ever-tightening governmental

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