Dermal Vs Regeneten Flashcards
Regeneten
What is it made of?
Type 1 collagen
Makes up what?
Type 1 collagen
How much is in body and what does it do?
Makes up 90% of collagen in human body and provides structure to many tissues in the body.
Regeneten vs Dermal graft.
Difference in cells?
Why would no cells be an advantage?
No cells in Regeneten. Many cells in dermal.
No cells makes implant porous
What does the porous nature of Regeneten allow?
Allows blood vessels to grow through implant
Fibroblasts
What are they?
Cells that create and maintain connective tissues
What are these called?
Blood vessels allow what to migrate through implant?
Fibroblasts
What allows this to migrate through implant
Fibroblasts
Use what to remodel tendon?
Collagen
Is used by what to remodel tendon?
How long does it take to completely break down and reabsorb?
6 months
What does Regeneten create?
Highly aligned new tendon tissue
Dermagraft
What is it?
Piece of skin from cadaver
What is this called?
What happens when dermagraft is placed on a tendon?
Scar tissue forms around graft to thicken and reinforce tendon
Dermagrafts
Why don’t they break down?
They are membranes (skin). Densely packed with cells that stop things from entering and leaving the body
What gives a dermagraft strength?
Cells
What do they do to a graft?
What forms around a dermagraft that helps with reinforcing a tear or bridging a gap?
Scar tissue
