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

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Alkaptonuria (AKU) is a rare hereditary disease. Ochronotic arthropathy, tendinopathy, and osteopenia/osteoporosis are generally musculoskeletal manifestations in patients with AKU.
Takuji Yokoe, Makoto Nagasawa, Takuya Tajima, Nami Yamaguchi, Tomomi Ota, Yudai Morita, Etsuo Chosa   +6 more
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Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors [PDF]

Orthopedic Reviews, 2010
Achilles tendon ruptures rarely occur in patients over 80 years of age. However, it is unclear what treatment, surgical or conservative, is suitable for such an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly.
Motoki Sonohata, Tsutomu Okamoto, Kazuyoshi Uchihashi, Tsutomu Motooka, Hirofumi Tanaka, Masaru Kitajima, Masaaki Mawatari, Takao Hotokebuchi   +7 more
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Minimally invasive internal splinting technique for acute closed Achilles tendon rupture [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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.
Songlin Liu, Liang Ma
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Rupture of the Achilles Tendon [PDF]

Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association, 1972
Jun Seop Jahng, In Hee Chung, Kwang Hoe Kim, Seung Il Ban   +3 more
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Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Open Repair for Delayed Treatment of Achilles Tendon Rupture [PDF]

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
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
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Achilles Tendon Rupture

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
There are many high-level studies comparing nonoperative treatment, open repair, and minimally invasive repair for Achilles tendon ruptures. This article summarizes the most up-to-date literature comparing these treatment options. The authors' preferred protocol for nonoperative treatment is discussed.
Shamrock AG, Dreyer MA, Varacallo MA.
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.
Greg Kirwan, David Pedowitz
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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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Patients with chronic Achilles tendon rupture have persistent limitations in patient‐reported function and calf muscle function one year after surgical treatment – a case series

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 2022
Purpose Evaluate the one‐year postoperative outcomes in patients with Chronic Achilles tendon rupture. Methods Patients surgically treated for Chronic Achilles tendon rupture (n = 22, 14 males and 8 females, mean age 61 ± 15) were evaluated by Achilles ...
Anna Nordenholm, Niklas Nilsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski, Katarina Nilsson Helander, Olof Westin, Nicklas Olsson   +5 more
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MRI of the Achilles tendon – a comprehensive pictorial review. Part two

European Journal of Radiology Open, 2021
The most common disorder affecting the Achilles tendon is midportion tendinopathy. A focal fluid signal indicates microtears, which may progress to partial and complete rupture.
Pawel Szaro, Katarina Nilsson-Helander, Michael Carmont   +2 more
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