Reconstruction for neglected achilles tendon rupture: The modified bosworth technique

Orthopedics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Lee, Yih Shiunn ^a   Lin, Chien Chung ^a   Che, Cheng Nan ^a   Chen, Shih Hao ^a,b   Liao, Wen Yun ^a   Huang, Chien Rae ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCAR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN NECROSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22544459911     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Mann RA, Holmes GB Jr, Seale KS, Collins DN. Chronic rupture of the Achilles tendon: a new technique of repair. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1991; 73:214-219.
2. Abraham E, Pankovich AM. Neglected rupture of the AT: Treatment by V-Y tendinous flap. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1975; 57:253-255.
3. Bosworth DM. Repair of defects in the tendo achillis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1956; 38:111-114.
4. Carden DG, Noble J, Chalmers J, Lunn P, Ellis J. Rupture of the calcaneal tendon. The early and late management. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1987; 69:416-420.
5. Wapner KL, Hecht PJ, Mills RH Jr. Reconstruction of neglected Achilles tendon injury. Orthop Clin North Am. 1995; 26:249-263.
6. Wapner KL, Pavlock GS, Hecht PJ, Naselli F, Walther R. Repair of chronic Achilles tendon rupture with flexor hallucis longus tendon transfer. Foot Ankle. 1993; 14:443-449.
7. Ozaki J, Fujiki J, Sugimoto K, Tamai S, Masuhara K. Reconstruction of neglected Achilles tendon rupture with Marlex mesh. Clin Orthop. 1989; 238:204-208.
8. Lieberman JR, Lozman J, Czajka J, Dougherty J. Repair of Achilles tendon ruptures with Dacron vascular graft. Clin Orthop. 1988; 234:204-208.
9. Bugg EI Jr, Boyd BM. Repair of neglected rupture or laceration of the Achilles tendon. Clin Orthop. 1968; 56:73-75.
10. Pintore E, Barra V, Pintore R, Maffulli N. Peroneus brevis tendon transfer in neglected tears of the Achilles tendon. J Trauma. 2001; 50:71-78.
11. Leppilahti J, Forsman K, Puranen J, Orava S. Outcome and prognostic factors of achilles rupture repair using a new scoring method. Clin Orthop. 1998; 346:152-161.
12. Leppilahti J, Orava S. Total Achilles tendon rupture. A review. Sports Med. 1998; 25:79-100.
13. Azar FM. Traumatic disorders. In: Canale ST. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Science; 2003:2449-2493.
14. Lawrence SJ, Butte MJ. The sural nerve in the foot and ankle: an anatomic study with clinical and surgical implications. Foot Ankle Int. 1994; 15:490-494.
15. Webb J, Moorjam N, Radford M. Anatomy of the sural nerve and its relation to the Achilles tendon. Foot Ankle Int. 2000; 21:475-477.
16. Bobbert MF, Huijing PA, van Ingen Schenau GJ. A model of the human triceps surae muscle-tendon complex applied to jumping. J Biomech. 1986; 19:887-898.
17. Luhtanen P, Komi PV. Force-, power-, and elasticity-velocity relationships in walking, running, and jumping. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol. 1980; 44:279-289.
18. Hof AL, van Zandwijk JP, Bobbert MF. Mechanics of human triceps surae muscle in walking, running and jumping. Acta Physiol Scand. 2002; 174:17-30.