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Conservative treatment for acute rupture of the Achilles tendon

✍ Scribed by S. Fruensgaard; P. Helmig; J. Riis; J. O. Stovring


Publisher
Springer
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
270 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0341-2695

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✦ Synopsis


Sixty-six patients with acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon were treated by immobilisation in a plaster cast for 12 weeks. Fifty-seven were followed up for a mean time of 70 months. Four 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.

R~sum~. Soixante-six malades ont fait l'objet d'une dtude g~ long terme concernant le traitement nonchirurgical des ruptures aigu#s du tendon d'Achille. Le recul moyen #tait de 70 mois. Les patients avaient dtd immobilis#s dans un pl~tre pendant 12 semaines. 4 ruptures itdratives survinrent pr6cocdment (6%). La plupart des malades n'avaient pas ou peu de s6quelles, trois seulement se plaignaient d'une g6ne

mod6r#e et 1 d'une g@ne importante. Le niveau d' ac-tivit~ avait ldg#rement diminu#, de 5.3 & 5.03 (selon le score de Tegner). Les rdsultats paraissaient satisfaisants dans l'ensemble, avec un taux peu dlevd de ruptures itdratives ou d'autres complications. La mdthode constitue une alternative valable au traitement chirurgical, notamment chez les sujets qui ne veulent pas @tre opdrds ou chez ceux qui pr~sentent des contrindications gl l' anesth6sie ou g~ la chirurgie.


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