Long-Term Results With the Use of Modified Percutaneous Repair of the Ruptured Achilles Tendon Under Local Anaesthesia (15-Year Analysis With 270 Cases).

Controversy regarding the optimal treatment of fresh total Achilles tendon rupture remains. This article presents results with the use of modified percutaneous Achilles tendon repair under local anesthesia performed from January 1991 to December 2005 with a 2- to 10-year follow-up. There were 270 procedures in 247 male patients (92.

Incidence and outcome of operatively treated achilles tendon rupture in the elderly.

Background: Very little has been published about Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. Optimal therapy is controversial with conservative treatment generally recommended. The purpose of our study was to find the incidence and outcome of operatively treated Achilles tendon ruptures in the elderly.

Chronic rupture of Achilles tendon: is the percutaneous suture technique effective?

Background: We report the long-term results of the surgical treatment of chronic rupture of the Achilles tendon using percutaneous suturing under local anesthesia.

Patients And Methods: We operated on 22 patients with median age of 50 years (29-72) with chronic rupture of Achilles tendon between 1991 and 2005. The median time from injury to surgery was 7.

Percutaneous versus open repair of the ruptured Achilles tendon: a comparative study.

Background: Controversy regarding the optimal treatment of the fresh total Achilles tendon rupture remains.

Purpose: To compare the results of percutaneous and open Achilles tendon repair.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2.

Percutaneous suturing of the ruptured Achilles tendon under local anesthesia.

A prospective study of modified percutaneous Achilles tendon repair performed from 1991 to 1997 under local anesthesia with a minimum 2-year follow-up is presented. There were 134 procedures in 124 men and 8 women (mean age, 37 years) treated within 7 days after acute total rupture. Postoperative care consisted of wearing a cast or soft-cast immobilization for 6 weeks.

Halo jacket in odontoid fractures type II and III.

The treatment of odontoid fractures remains controversial. The late results of 14 patients with Anderson D'Alonzo type II and III treated with halo jacket from 1995 to 1999 are presented. The fractures were reduced under image intensifier and stabilized by halo jacket.

Operative treatment of avulsion fractures of the anterior superior iliac spine according to the tension band principle.

Background: Avulsion fractures of the anterior superior iliac spine are uncommon injuries. Most of them occur in adolescent athletes. Traditionally, they have been treated conservatively.