Figure 4.

Inhibition of lymphangiogenesis at the site of injury results in a decrease in the ability of tendon lymphatic drainage (A) Evans blue dye was intradermally injected into the SS tendon of mice in the control group and the experimental group and was extracted 24 ​h after the dye injection at postoperative week 2 and 4. (B) Representative pictures before Evans blue extraction. (C) The total dye remaining in the SS tendon. n ​= ​6 for each group. ∗P ​< ​0.05. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)