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Age Is a Risk Factor for Contralateral Tendon Rupture in Patients with Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2019
Category: Ankle Introduction/Purpose: Rupture of the contralateral Achilles tendon following Achilles tendon rupture can lead to devastating outcomes.
Young Hwan Park MD, Jae Young Kim MD, Gi Won Choi MD, Hak Jun Kim MD   +3 more
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Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture [PDF]

The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2017
Background:The Achilles tendon, the largest and strongest tendon in the human body, is nevertheless one of the tendons which most commonly undergoes a complete subcutaneous tear. Achilles tendon ruptures are especially common in middle aged men who occasionally participate in sport.
Nicola Maffulli, Alessio Giai Via, Francesco Oliva   +2 more
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Combined flexor sheath and gastrocnemius aponeurosis flap for the treatment of chronic calcified Achilles tendon rupture: a case report. [PDF]

Front Surg
IntroductionThe Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the human body and is prone to rupture when subjected to excessive dorsiflexion trauma of the ankle joint.
Tu S, Li Z, Xiao M, Zhu W, Shao Y.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Direct repair of the chronic ochronotic Achilles tendon rupture: a case report. [PDF]

BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Background Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare hereditary disease. Ochronotic arthropathy, tendinopathy, and osteopenia/osteoporosis are generally musculoskeletal manifestations in patients with AKU.
Yokoe T, Nagasawa M, Tajima T, Yamaguchi N, Ota T, Morita Y, Chosa E.   +6 more
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Minimally invasive internal splinting technique for acute closed Achilles tendon rupture. [PDF]

J Orthop Surg Res
Background Although non-surgical and surgical approaches have been developed to repair acute closed Achilles tendon ruptures, the medical community still lacks a definitive consensus on which approach is superior.
Liu S, Ma L.
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Evaluation of Suspected Achilles Tendon Rupture Managed Through Virtual Fracture Clinic Pathway in Busy Major Trauma Centre. [PDF]

Cureus
Ahmed M, Ibrahim K, Faisal MJ, Kumar M, Mohamed AW, Gogoi P, Krkovic M.   +6 more
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Absorbable versus non-absorbable sutures in Achilles tendon rupture repair: a retrospective cohort study evaluating medium- to long-term outcomes via musculoskeletal ultrasound and functional metrics. [PDF]

J Orthop Surg Res
Chen DL, Liu YJ, Zheng LX, Sun J, Liu P, Liu JW.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Achilles tendon ruptures [PDF]

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine, 2013
The incidence of acute Achilles tendon ruptures is on the rise. This is thought to be due to the increasing number of middle-aged persons participating in athletic and/or strenuous activity. Ruptures of the Achilles tendon can be severely debilitating, with deficits seen years after the initial incident.
David, Pedowitz, Greg, Kirwan
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The economic cost and patient-reported outcomes of chronic Achilles tendon ruptures

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 2020
Purpose While most Achilles tendon ruptures are dramatic and diagnosed quickly, some are missed, with a risk of becoming chronic. A chronic Achilles tendon rupture is defined as a rupture that has been left untreated for more than 4 weeks. By mapping the
Niklas Nilsson, Katarina Nilsson Helander, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Anna Holm, Jón Karlsson, Mikael Svensson, Olof Westin   +6 more
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Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Open Repair for Delayed Treatment of Achilles Tendon Rupture [PDF]

Foot Ankle Orthop
Category: Sports; Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: Delays in diagnosis or treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture are relatively frequent either due to the injury being misdiagnosed or the patient disregarding its severity.
Seung-myung Choi MD, Byung-Ki Cho MD, PhD, Seung-Hwan Bae, Seo-yool Choi   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources