Endoscopy, assisted percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon ruptures: a cadaveric and clinical study

Endoscopy‐assisted percutaneous repair of Achilles tendon ruptures were investigated in a cadaveric and clinical study. Sixteen above‐knee fresh amputation specimens in which different types of Achilles tendon ruptures were created were repaired percutaneously with the visualization of the tendon en...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2002-03, Vol.10 (2), p.130-133
Main Authors: Turgut, Akın, Günal, İzge, Maralcan, Gökhan, Köse, Nusret, Göktürk, Erol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achilles tendon
Achilles Tendon - injuries
Achilles Tendon - pathology
Achilles Tendon - surgery
Achilles tendon ruptures Endoscopy assisted Percutaneous repair
Activities
Adult
Amputation
Ankle
Cadaver
Cadavers
Endoscopy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hernia
Hospitals
Humans
Knees
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Patients
Range of Motion, Articular - physiology
Recovery of Function - physiology
Rupture - pathology
Rupture - physiopathology
Rupture - surgery
Sports
Surgery
Sutures
Techniques
Tendons
Time Factors
Visualization
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Summary:Endoscopy‐assisted percutaneous repair of Achilles tendon ruptures were investigated in a cadaveric and clinical study. Sixteen above‐knee fresh amputation specimens in which different types of Achilles tendon ruptures were created were repaired percutaneously with the visualization of the tendon ends by endoscopy. Neither malalignment nor damage to the neurovascular structures was observed. Eleven patients were treated in this way. No reruptures, wound problems, or neurovascular injury were observed. All patients returned to daily activities 10–11 weeks after the repair. This technique seems to overcome certain problems of conservative, surgical, or percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon ruptures.
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-001-0258-7