Tendons & Fascia

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Soft musculoskeletal tissue grafts are available for repairs requiring sheets or tendinous material. Soft tissues include grafts such as fascia sheets, bone-tendon-bone grafts (patella allograft) and other tendon grafts that can be used in a variety of applications including ligament repair. Call for sizes available to best match your procedure and patient.

Soft Tissue Products

Superficial digital flexor includes the flexor proximal
and distal to the cap at the bursa calcanei.
~0.7 cm wide x 6.0 – 12 cm proximally and 6 – 10 cm
distally from the flattened calcaneal cap.
(Frozen / Canine Only)

Indications:
Repairing partially or fully ruptured tendons (e.g., Achilles rupture).

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Long tendons with round cross-section
(Flexor halluces or digitorum longus, miscellaneous extensors, etc.)
~0.4 – 0.9 cm wide x 12 – 20 cm long

Indications:
Repairing partially or fully ruptured tendons (e.g., Achilles rupture).

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Tendo calcaneous communis with calcaneal bone block
~0.7 cm wide x 7.0 – 12.0 cm long
(Frozen / Canine Only)

Indications:
Repairing partially or fully ruptured tendons (e.g., Achilles rupture).

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Bone-tendon-bone graft
~1.2 cm wide x 3.0 cm long between bone blocks
(Frozen / Canine Only)

Indications:
Repairing partially or fully ruptured tendons (e.g., Achilles rupture).

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Fascia grafts are processed fascia lata allografts. Fascia is a natural collagen scaffold that allows for integration with the host tissues; cellular ingrowth organizes along the native fibers inherent in fascia.

Fascia is used for bolstering partially ruptured tendons, providing coverage for dural and cranio-maxillo-facial defects, and in periodontic procedures, it provides a barrier for GTR procedures. It is thinner and somewhat more flexible than the Ossiflex Bone Membranes.
(Freeze-Dried or Frozen)

Small: 2.0 x 3.0 cm
Large: 3.0 x 5.0 cm sheet (min dimensions)

Indications:

  • Bolstering ruptured tendons
  • Dura repair
  • Rotator cuff repairs
  • Guided Tissue Regeneration (GTR) 1-6
  • Oronasal Fistulas
  • Cranio Facial Soft Tissue Defects
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Advantages

  • Available in different sizes.
  • Not generally available as autograft.
  • Can be trimmed to fit recipient site.

Common Applications

  • Tendon repair
  • Patch material

Storage

Soft Tissue grafts should be kept frozen (at least at -20°C) until ready for use. If stored at -20°C (or in a standard household freezer), they should be used within 6 months of receipt. If stored at -40°C or colder, the grafts can be stored for 5 years.

How To Use an SDF or Flexor/Extensor Allograft
to Repair an Achilles Rupture

Photos courtesy of Dr. Ed Wagner, Valley Green Veterinary Clinic, Etters, PA

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