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. 2008 Jul 17;9(4):201–208. doi: 10.1007/s10195-008-0016-4

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

In the majority of cases the X-ray control at 2 months showed the anchors (a) were closer than at the beginning, having slid around the steel core toward the junction site, as noted by the increased distance from the stop-bead (sb); this has been interpreted as a sign of effective tendon scaring, which involves a physiological contracture of the tissue of the stumps