Arthroscopic Flexor Halluces Longus Transfer and Percutaneous Achilles Tendon Repair for Distal Traumatic Ruptures
Campillo-Recio, David (Institut Català de Traumatologia i Medicina de l'Esport)
Ibañez, Maximiliano (Hospital Universitari Dexeus. Institut Català de Traumatologia i Medicina de l'Esport)
Hormigo-Garcia, Hector (Departament de Cirurgia Ortopedica. Consorci Sanitari de l'Anoia, Igualada)
Jimeno-Torres, Eugenio (Hospital Universitari Dexeus. Institut Català de Traumatologia i Medicina de l'Esport)
Vilá-Rico, Jesus (Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (Madrid))
Albertí Fitó, Glòria (Hospital Universitari Dexeus. Institut Català de Traumatologia i Medicina de l'Esport)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2021
Abstract:	The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the human body. It is the tendon that most often suffers injury and accounts for 20% of all tendon ruptures. These types of ruptures often occur 2 to 6 cm proximal to the stumps in an area of reduced vascularity. One such injury, the distal acute Achilles tendon rupture, is quite uncommon. For distal repairs, there have been studies that used a pullout technique, a button technique, and the use of local tendons for open-fashion augmentation. Although percutaneous repair and endoscopic flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon transfer techniques have been described for both acute midportion and chronic Achilles tendon rupture repair, there are no studies that describe the use of percutaneous sutures and biological augmentation with FHL transfer as a treatment option for acute distal injuries. The purpose of this Technical Note is to describe a novel approach to repair. It combines arthroscopic FHL tendon transfer with a percutaneous Achilles tendon repair technique for traumatic distal ruptures.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Arthroscopy Techniques, Vol. 10 (october 2021) , p. e2435-e2442, ISSN 2212-6287

DOI: 10.1016/j.eats.2021.07.023
PMID: 34868845

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