Résumé
Severe upper extremity tendon injuries can have a major impact on the life of their victims. For patients with multiple tendon defects, allogeneic tendon transplantation is one of the fine methods to reconstruct their limb function because of its advantages of limited trauma and significant clinical effects. Before allogeneic tendon transplantation, clinical orthopaedists should fully understand its advantages, disadvantages and indications so that they can choose the most suitable protocols for diagnosis and treatment of the patients. Chinese and foreign scholars have done a lot of work in research of and report on allogeneic tendon transplantation since its first application to repair and reconstruct tendons. This article reviews the preservation, treatment, immune rejection and clinical effects of allogeneic tendon transplantation in upper limb injury.