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  • Natural tendon grafts have limitations, driving the need for patient-specific biological substitutes.
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  • Fibrous scaffolds are crucial for mimicking native tendon structure and function.

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  • To review fiber-based techniques for fabricating scaffolds for tendon tissue engineering.
  • To compare the morphological, mechanical, material, and biological properties of these scaffolds.
  • To discuss current challenges and future directions in fiber-based tendon TE.

Main Methods:

  • Review of various fiber assembly technologies: electrospinning, electrohydrodynamic jet printing, electrochemical alignment.
  • Inclusion of textile techniques like knitting and braiding for complex scaffold structures.
  • Comparative analysis of scaffold characteristics: morphology, mechanical properties, materials, degradation, and biological activity.

Main Results:

  • Fiber-based scaffolds exhibit structural and mechanical similarity to native tendons.
  • These scaffolds promote essential biological functions: cellular adhesion, ingrowth, proliferation, and differentiation.
  • Diverse techniques enable the 3D fabrication of tendon tissue structures.

Conclusions:

  • Fiber assembly technologies offer promising approaches for creating effective tendon tissue engineering scaffolds.
  • Scaffolds demonstrate potential for biological reconstruction, addressing limitations of natural grafts.
  • Further research is needed to overcome existing challenges and advance clinical applications.