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Acute Rupture of the Achilles Tendon

Foot and Ankle Clinics, 2005
Achilles tendon ruptures are common, and their incidence is increasing. The evidence for best management is controversial, and, in selected patients, conservative management and early mobilization achieves excellent results. Surgery is associated with an increased risk of superficial skin breakdown; however, modern techniques of percutaneous repair ...
Movin T, Ryberg A, McBride DJ, MAFFULLI, Nicola   +3 more
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ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE

The Lancet, 1973
Geoffrey Sadow, R.H.V. Hafner
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Postoperative Complications Following Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture

Foot & ankle international, 2019
Background: Controversy remains regarding which patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture would best be treated nonoperatively and which might benefit from operative repair. The primary aim of this study was to characterize the overall incidence of—and
X. J. Ruben Stavenuiter, B. Lubberts, R. Prince, A. H. Johnson, C. DiGiovanni, D. Guss   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Complete Achilles Tendon Ruptures

Clinics in Sports Medicine, 1992
Achilles tendon ruptures can be treated nonsurgically in the nonathletic or low-end recreational athletic patient, particularly those more than 50 years of age, provided the treating physician does not delay in the diagnosis and treatment (preferably less than 48 hrs and possibly less than 1 week).
Stephanie J. Landvater, Per A. Renström
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Minimally Invasive Versus Open Repair for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: Meta-Analysis Showing Reduced Complications, with Similar Outcomes, After Minimally Invasive Surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2018
Background: There is no consensus on the optimal technique for repairing an acute Achilles tendon rupture. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to compare the complications, subjective outcomes, and functional results between minimally invasive surgery ...
A. Grassi, A. Amendola, K. Samuelsson, Eleonor Svantesson, M. Romagnoli, A. Bondi, M. Mosca, S. Zaffagnini   +7 more
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Rupture of the Achilles Tendon

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume, 1999
Achilles, the warrior and hero of Homer's Iliad, lends his name to the Achilles tendon, the thickest and strongest tendon in the human body138. Thetis, Achilles's mother, made him invulnerable to physical harm by immersing him in the river Styx after learning of a prophecy that Achilles would die in battle.
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Rupture of the Achilles tendon

Techniques in Orthopaedics, 1987
Operative repair is advocated as the standard treatment of Achilles tendon rupture in active patients. Percutaneous repair appears to have some promise in combining the advantages of open repair with the advantage of minimal incision surgery, but it has not been evaluated in a comparative series ...
Pietro M. Tonino, Robert W. Chandler, Clarence L. Shields   +2 more
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Neglected Achilles Tendon Ruptures

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, 2021
Achilles tendon ruptures are a common ailment and often missed in upwards of 25% of cases. Neglected Achilles injuries can be treated both conservatively and surgically. Physical therapy, bracing, and custom ankle-foot orthoses are some options to consider. Surgically, there are many options, depending on the quality of the existing tendon, size of the
James M. Cottom, Charles Sisovsky
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Efficacy of early controlled motion of the ankle compared with immobilisation in non-operative treatment of patients with an acute Achilles tendon rupture: an assessor-blinded, randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019
Background Early controlled motion (ECM) of the ankle is widely used in the non-operative treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture, although its safety and efficacy have not been investigated properly in a randomised set-up. Purpose/Aim of the study To
K. Barfod, Maria Swennergren Hansen, P. Hölmich, M. T. Kristensen, A. Troelsen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spontaneous Achilles' Tendon Rupture

Radiology, 1969
THE RECENT radiological literature has contained little information concerning spontaneous Achilles' tendon rupture. Although the clinical and physical findings were thoroughly described by Petit (1) in 1726, only one reference to this entity could be located in the current radiological literature (2).
Peter M. Reveno, Arthur C. Kittleson
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