Background. Chronic Achilles tendon rupture is usually misdiagnosed and treated improperly. This study aims to better understand the treatment of chronic Achilles tendon rupture. Methods. Patients who were not able to perform a single-limb heel rise were chosen. Pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were conducted. By evaluating the presence or absence of Achilles tendon stump...

Four patients who developed combined tendon and overlying skin defects following operative repair of ruptured Achilles tendon were presented. Three patients had an infected wound. The average interval from the first operation for repairing the ruptured Achilles tendon and the reconstructive procedure was 46.2 days (range, 5-65 days). All patients were treated with a one-stage operation includin...

BACKGROUND Plantaris tendon, peronus brevis tendon and flexor hallucis longus tendon augmentation, commonly used in Achilles tendon rupture, often lead to weakening of injured foot and they require the immobilization after the surgery. It is essential to develop the technique, which gives no such limitation and allows for immediate functional improvement. METHODS We present our method of mini...

During roution dissection classes in 2011 in the Department of Anatomy, an anomalous insertion of the tibialis anterior tendon was observed on the left side of a formalin-fixed cadaver of a middle aged man without any trace of scars, adhesions or signs of trauma or operation. The insertion of the tibialis anterior tendon was on medial cuneiform only by one slip. The tibialis anterior is an impo...

The aim of this study was to summarize the clinical experience of repairing the Achilles tendon rupture by lariat lock catch knot suture. Between January 2011 and February, 2014, 32 cases of the Achilles tendon rupture were treated by lariat lock catch knot suture. There were 26 males and 6 females, with the average age of 39 years (range 17-53 years), including 13 left knees and 19 right knees...

Based on a previously designed variable-stiffness load transfer component (LTC), novel dispersed-tendon cable anchor system (CAS) was developed to increase the anchoring efficiency of large-diameter basalt-fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) cables. The static behaviors CAS are then numerically evaluated by simplified three-dimensional finite-element (FE) model and implemented in full-scale BFRP ca...

Bilateral spontaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon is a rare occurrence with few case reports in the literature. Despite being one of the strongest tendons in the lower limb, it is the most common one ruptured. Majority of Achilles tendon ruptures are unilateral. We present a case of surgically treated chronic bilateral Achilles tendon rupture in a 42-year-old patient without associated risk ...

We treated 3 patients who had ruptured the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon during infancy and which had not been repaired. A two-stage surgical procedure, using a silicone rod, was performed to reconstruct the tendon, and favorable thumb flexion was obtained. A favorable outcome was obtained, even if the gliding of the silicone rod had been poor after the first stage procedure. When the sca...

Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India Address for correspondence: B. Jagannath Kamath, Jyothi Mansion, Opposite Prabhat Theatre, KS Rao Road, Mangalore 575 001, India. E-mail: [email protected] Optimal tension during tendon transfer is the most important surgeon-controlled factor, which determines the final outcome of surgery. To attain optimal tension, the joints have to b...