Rates of Acute and Delayed Achilles Repair

Category: Sports, Trauma Introduction/Purpose: The need for repair of the ruptured achilles tendon has been discussed extensively in recent literature. A landmark paper in 2010 (Willits JBJS) outlined that the re-rupture rates were similar in surgical and non surgically treated Achilles tendon ruptu...

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Main Authors: Alastair Younger MB ChB, ChM, FRCSC, Sam Si-Hyeong Park MD, Andrea Veljkovic MD, FRCS(C), Murray Penner MD, FRCS(C), Kevin Wing MD, FRCS(C)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-09-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000084