Journal article
Open Re-rupture of the Achilles Tendon Following Minimally Invasive Repair: A Case Report
The Journal of foot and ankle surgery, Vol.57(6), pp.1272-1277
11/2018
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2018.04.002
PMID: 30115453
Abstract
In this report, we describe a rare complication of an open re-rupture of the Achilles tendon following a minimally invasive Achilles tendon repair on a healthy 29-year-old active male. The reinjury happened 19 weeks following the primary surgical repair of a spontaneous rupture, performed by minimally invasive technique with the help of a jig using partially absorbable sutures and four locking stitches. The wound of the open re-rupture was transverse, in a perpendicular orientation relative to the longitudinal approach used in the index procedure. Increased scar tissue formation, the absence of an adequate layer of paratenon overlying the primary tendon repair, and foreign-body reaction to the suture may have been involved in the occurrence of this unusual complication in the surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Open Re-rupture of the Achilles Tendon Following Minimally Invasive Repair: A Case Report
- Creators
- Cesar de Cesar Netto - Clinical Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NYAlessio Bernasconi - Research Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NYLauren Roberts - Clinical Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NYGuilherme Honda Saito - Research Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NYWilliam G Hamilton - Associate Attending, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NYMartin J O'Malley - Associate Attending, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of foot and ankle surgery, Vol.57(6), pp.1272-1277
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1053/j.jfas.2018.04.002
- PMID
- 30115453
- ISSN
- 1067-2516
- eISSN
- 1542-2224
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2018
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984040207802771
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