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Effect of cilostazol on healing of achilles tendon ruptures: an experimental study on rats.

Barış YılmazOzkan KoseNazım KarahanGamze TümentemurMehmet Barıs ErtanGüzelali ÖzdemirEvrim Sirin
Published in: Connective tissue research (2024)
The results of this study suggest that cilostazol treatment significantly improves the biomechanical and histopathological parameters of the healing Achilles tendon in rats. Cilostazol might be a valuable supplementary therapy in treating Achilles tendon ruptures in humans. Additional clinical studies are, however, required to verify these outcomes.
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