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reconstruction remains a very complex topic for both surgeons and patients.

New approaches such as WALANT and tissue engineering will perhaps improve current results. To date,
the dream of regenerating injured tissues, and tendon tissue in particular, appears to be getting closer and
closer, but it still has to contend with grey areas in our biological and biomolecular knowledge of scarring
processes and the development of various tissues, and with the legislative and ethical difficulties that this
field of research brings with it.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Concept and design: Bertolini M, Faccenda C, Parolo C, Stucchi S, Marchesini A, De Francesco F, Riccio M
Data acquisition, data analysis, and manuscript preparation: Faccenda C, Stucchi S, Marchesini A
Critical revision and completion of the manuscript: Bertolini M, Marchesini A, De Francesco F, Riccio M,
Parolo C

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
Informed consent was obtained from all patients.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.

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