Estudios recientes muestran que alrededor del 8% de las lesiones deportivas son del tendón de Aquiles. Constituyen la tercera ruptura más común después de la del manguito de los rotadores y las rupturas tendinosas del ...

Surgical treatment remains the standard of care for active patients with acute midsubstance Achilles tendon ruptures. Minimal invasive surgery, rupture's site hematoma preservation, strong fixation, avoidance of sural nerve ...

Background: No clear guideline or solid evidence exists for peroneal tendon tears to determine when to repair, resect, or perform a tenodesis on the damaged tendon. The objective of this study was to analyze the mechanical ...

Tendon rupture has rarely been described in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. From observation of three cases of Jaccoud`s arthropathy with tendon rupture, and considering that this arthropathy is more related ...

Background. There is still no consensus in the literature regarding the ideal treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures. Materials & Methods. We conducted a selective literature review and analyzed our own ...

Background: There is a need for a patient-relevant instrument to evaluate outcome after treatment in patients with a total Achilles tendon rupture. The purpose of this study was to undertake a cross-cultural adaptation of ...

Background: Different techniques have been described for percutaneous Achilles tendon rupture repair, but no biomechanical evaluation has been performed separately for proximal and distal suturing techniques. The purpose ...