Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture Reconstruction with Semitendinous Autograft Tendon: A Case Series

Category: Sports; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: Chronic Achilles tendon ruptures is challenging because the tendon ends are usually retracted, and if the gap between the proximal and distal stumps are of more than 6 cms with the ankle in plantarflexion the currently literature shows that semitendinous...

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Main Authors: Lucas Plens de Britto Costa MD, Tania Szejnfeld Mann MD, PhD, Ricardo Luiz Gave Lima, Nacime Salomao Barbachan Mansur MD, PhD, Fernando Raduan MD, Caio Nery MD, PhD, Nicola Maffulli MD, PhD, FRCS(Orth)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-12-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011423S00129