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. 2014 Aug 22;9:4079–4092. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S67931

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Evaluation of peritendinous adhesions at different times postoperation from distal interphalangeal joint-flexion angle (A), proximal interphalangeal joint-flexion angle (B), tendon gliding excursion (C), pullout force, (D) and breaking strength of healed flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendons (E) at 2 weeks postoperation. The dotted line represents the average value of the initial unoperated FDP tendons.

Notes: *P<0.05 compared with untreated control; ^#P<0.05 compared with the group treated with Seprafilm; ^δP<0.05 compared with the group treated with PCL nanofibrous membrane. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation (n=8 for each group).

Abbreviations: PCL-g-HA, hyaluronic acid-grafted poly(caprolactone); PCL, poly(caprolactone).