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Management of acute Achilles tendon rupture
- Source :
- Orthopaedics and Trauma. 32:401-407
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- With the introduction of functional rehabilitation and early weight bearing, the management of acute midsubstance Achilles tendon ruptures has seen a paradigm shift in conservative methods. The re-rupture rates for non-surgical treatment are similar to those for surgical treatment with the advantage of a decrease in complications. The treatment should be tailored to each individual patient with a shared decision-making process between the surgeon and patient, taking into consideration their occupation, lifestyle, sporting aspirations and expectations. Generally, most patients can be treated non-operatively in centres offering functional rehabilitation. However, surgical repair should be preferred at centres that do not employ functional rehabilitation as it decreases the re-rupture risk in such patients. High-demand, active individuals and athletes should be considered for surgery as non-operative treatment can lead to statistically significant deficits in high-speed plantar flexion strength and hopping ability in the absence of robust sports-oriented functional rehabilitation. If surgical treatment is considered, minimally invasive techniques should be employed to alleviate the risk of wound complications.
- Subjects :
- Surgical repair
030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty
Achilles tendon
biology
business.industry
Athletes
030229 sport sciences
biology.organism_classification
Plantar flexion
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Physical therapy
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Achilles tendon rupture
medicine.symptom
business
Early weight bearing
Surgical treatment
Functional rehabilitation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18771327
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Orthopaedics and Trauma
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6624104c3d1661635ec568ef88c43114