Surgical Repair of the Interrupted Achilles Tendon
作者:
BENJAMIN RUBIN,
HUDSON WILSON,
期刊:
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care
(OVID Available online 1980)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 3
页码: 248-249
ISSN:0022-5282
年代: 1980
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
During the period 1965–1976 44 patients at our institution underwent open repair of ruptured or lacerated Achilles tendons. Patients were evaluated as to delay to surgery, type of repair, wound complications, incidence of rerupture, symptoms, and postoperative range of motion, mobility, and strength. Average followup was 3 years. Functional results were generally good. Rerupture (2.8%) and wound complications (6.8%) were infrequent. We conclude that the benefits of surgical repair appear to outweigh the potential complications, when compared with the reported incidence of rerupture and loss of strength and endurance following conservative management of these injuries.
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