Treatment Results and MRI Study of Percutaneous Repair of Ruptured Achilles Tendon

• Published in: Orthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 250 - 254
• Main Authors: Kawasoe, Hiroshi, Nagatsuru, Yoshitaka, Murakami, Hiroshi, Matsuoka, Tomomi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 2004
• Subjects: MRI; percutaneous repair; ruptured achilles tendon

Ruptured Achilles tendon has been treated by the percutaneous repair method since 1995 at our hospital. This report discusses the treatment results and MRI study. The subjects were 56 cases (27 males, 29 females), whose average age was 44.6 (range: 27 to 61). Five patients were followed up on MRI by...