Reconstruction of neglected chronic tendoachilles tear healed in continuity: surgical technique
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : A. Raviraj · Ashish Anand · Gautam Kodikal
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Documented cases of chronic tend Achilles tears which have healed in continuity are essentially unreported in literature (line 1 changed). Diagnosis in chronic tears is based predominantly on history and clinical examination. These injuries present usually as impairment of ankle plantar Xexion. Thickened scar tissue commonly bridges the rupture site in an attempt at repair. Most surgeons agree that chronic ruptures should be managed operatively (delete). Many surgical techniques are described to repair chronic tears of tend Achilles with gap. However, techniques for chronic tears that have healed in continuity are sparse in the literature. We describe the surgical technique of reconstruction of such a chronic tear that had healed in continuity
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol DOI 10.1007/s00590-011-0847-1 Received: 19 May 2011 / Accepted: 20 July 2011
