Conservative treatment for acute rupture of the achilles tendon
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1992; 6 (6): 1903-1906
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ABSTRACT
[22] Patients with acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon were treated by immobilisation in a plaster cast for 12 week. [20] were followed up for a mean time of [40] months. [2] re-ruptures occurred shortly after the initial treatment. Most patients had no or only slight complaints, three had moderate and one severe, problems. The activity level dropped slightly from 5.3 to 5.03, [Tegner score]. The results are satisfactory with a low complication rate. The method is an alternative to operative repair, especially in patients declining operation and in those in whom operation or anaesthesia is contraindicated
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Main subject:
Achilles Tendon
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Tendon Injuries
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
1992