The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair
Category: Sports; Other Introduction/Purpose: Achilles tendon ruptures are a common sporting injury, mostly occurring in men over the age of 40. Operative repair of Achilles tendon can lead to earlier return to activity and improved function in the active population. Mini-open repairs have recently...
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| author | Craig C. Akoh MD Amanda N. Fletcher MD Selene G. Parekh MD, MBA Akhil Sharma |
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| description | Category: Sports; Other Introduction/Purpose: Achilles tendon ruptures are a common sporting injury, mostly occurring in men over the age of 40. Operative repair of Achilles tendon can lead to earlier return to activity and improved function in the active population. Mini-open repairs have recently been described for effective treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures. We aim to describe our unique mini- open Achilles tendon repair technique and to report our clinical outcomes. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed charts of patients from January 2010 and July 2019 who underwent a 3cm mini-open Achilles tendon repairs, without additional targeting devices, for closed acute Achilles tendon ruptures. Patients were followed up for a minimum of one year. We recorded pre- and postoperative Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI), visual analog scale (VAS), and the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS) scores. Subgroup analysis were performed for acute repairs (< 2 weeks) and subacute (2-6 weeks). Two-sided student’s t-test to compare preoperative and postoperative outcomes for continuous variables. Chi-square analyses were used to determine the strength of correlation between categorical variables. A p-value of < .05 was considered significant for all statistical analyses. Results: A total of 33 patients met the inclusion criteria and are included in this study. The mean age of our cohort was 43.8 years old (range 22-78) and 78.8% of patients were male. The mean length of follow-up was 4.4 years (range 1.0-9.8 years). The mean time from injury to surgery was 15.6 days (1-45 days). Patients reported a mean return to their previous level of activity at a mean of 5.6 months (range 1.7-22.1). The mean pre- and postoperative outcomes scores improved significantly for both the acute and subacute repair groups (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences for postoperative outcomes scores between the acute and subacute Achilles repair groups (p > 0.05). There were no reported complications in our patient cohort. Conclusion: Patients showed improvements in postoperative patient-reported outcome scores with minimal complications. There were no significant difference in outcomes for acute versus subacute repairs. Our mini-open Achilles tendon repair, which required no additional targeting instrumentation, has shown favorable mid-term results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f58d9065cf748aabd72cfde87ff839b2022-12-22T01:23:07ZengSAGE PublishingFoot & Ankle Orthopaedics2473-01142020-10-01510.1177/2473011420S00095The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon RepairCraig C. Akoh MDAmanda N. Fletcher MDSelene G. Parekh MD, MBAAkhil SharmaCategory: Sports; Other Introduction/Purpose: Achilles tendon ruptures are a common sporting injury, mostly occurring in men over the age of 40. Operative repair of Achilles tendon can lead to earlier return to activity and improved function in the active population. Mini-open repairs have recently been described for effective treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures. We aim to describe our unique mini- open Achilles tendon repair technique and to report our clinical outcomes. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed charts of patients from January 2010 and July 2019 who underwent a 3cm mini-open Achilles tendon repairs, without additional targeting devices, for closed acute Achilles tendon ruptures. Patients were followed up for a minimum of one year. We recorded pre- and postoperative Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI), visual analog scale (VAS), and the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS) scores. Subgroup analysis were performed for acute repairs (< 2 weeks) and subacute (2-6 weeks). Two-sided student’s t-test to compare preoperative and postoperative outcomes for continuous variables. Chi-square analyses were used to determine the strength of correlation between categorical variables. A p-value of < .05 was considered significant for all statistical analyses. Results: A total of 33 patients met the inclusion criteria and are included in this study. The mean age of our cohort was 43.8 years old (range 22-78) and 78.8% of patients were male. The mean length of follow-up was 4.4 years (range 1.0-9.8 years). The mean time from injury to surgery was 15.6 days (1-45 days). Patients reported a mean return to their previous level of activity at a mean of 5.6 months (range 1.7-22.1). The mean pre- and postoperative outcomes scores improved significantly for both the acute and subacute repair groups (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences for postoperative outcomes scores between the acute and subacute Achilles repair groups (p > 0.05). There were no reported complications in our patient cohort. Conclusion: Patients showed improvements in postoperative patient-reported outcome scores with minimal complications. There were no significant difference in outcomes for acute versus subacute repairs. Our mini-open Achilles tendon repair, which required no additional targeting instrumentation, has shown favorable mid-term results.https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011420S00095 |
| spellingShingle | Craig C. Akoh MD Amanda N. Fletcher MD Selene G. Parekh MD, MBA Akhil Sharma The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
| title | The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair |
| title_full | The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair |
| title_fullStr | The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair |
| title_short | The Clinical Outcomes After a Novel Mini-Open Achilles Tendon Repair |
| title_sort | clinical outcomes after a novel mini open achilles tendon repair |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011420S00095 |
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