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VOLUME 6 , ISSUE 3 ( November, 2011 ) > List of Articles

Original Article

The repair of the Achilles tendon rupture: comparison of two percutaneous techniques

G. Taglialavoro, C. Biz, G. Mastrangelo, R. Aldegheri

Keywords : Achilles tendon, Rupture, Percutaneous technique, Tenolig, Ma and Griffith

Citation Information : Taglialavoro G, Biz C, Mastrangelo G, Aldegheri R. The repair of the Achilles tendon rupture: comparison of two percutaneous techniques. 2011; 6 (3):147-154.

DOI: 10.1007/s11751-011-0124-1

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Published Online: 01-06-2012

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2011; The Author(s).


Abstract

This study proposes a comparison between two percutaneous techniques of subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture by evaluating the risk of lesion developing, the morbidity of the surgical technique adopted and the effectiveness of each technique. Sixty patients were operated at Padua Orthopaedic Clinic by using the two different procedures: (1) Ma and Griffith in 30 cases and (2) Tenolig in 30 cases. Risk of rupture developing has been evaluated in relation to sex, age, side, kind of trauma, work and presence of preoperative risk factors. The Morbidity of surgical technique has been evaluated in with respect to surgical time, hospital permanence, immobilization, active nonweight-bearing mobilization, assisted weight bearing until the full one, number of early and late complications before and after hospital discharge. Effectiveness has been evaluated in relation to return time to common life, work and sport; anatomical and functional features have been evaluated using McComis score, rating results as: very good (from 80 to 70), good (from 69 to 60), fair (from 59 to 50) and poor (<50). Tenolig group shows shorter average time from hospital admission and operation, hospital permanence and immobilization (P < 0.05), and it results in an easier and quicker execution and functionally stimulates the tendon healing in a short time. Effectiveness was the same for both techniques because average McComis score was good (P = 0.35), and there was no significant differences in common life returning time (P = 0.12). Tenolig technique seems to be preferable to Ma and Griffith.


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