Incidence, Risk Factors, and Treatment of Achilles Tendon Rupture in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dialysis-dependent patients and kidney transplant recipients may be at increased risk for Achilles tendon rupture (ATR).

Methods

We studied Medicare patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from 1999 through 2013. Patients were categorized as waitlisted for a transplant, not waitlisted, or received a transplant. We performed multivariate negative binomial regression using demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and year of study entry to estimate adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRRs), identify ATR risk factors, and determine treatment patterns and outcomes.

Results

We identified 1091 ATRs (incidence, 3.80/10 000 person-years; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.58-4.03). Compared with transplant recipients, nonwaitlisted patients had a lower incidence

SUBMITTER: Humbyrd CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023765 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature