Limited Scar Resection for Chronic Achilles Tendon Repair: Use of a Rat Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achilles tendon rupture diagnosis is frequently missed, leading to the development of a chronic rupture that requires surgical intervention to remove scar tissue and return the elongated Achilles tendon to appropriate functional length. The limited scar resection (LSR) intervention strategy may provide an advantage over other techniques, as it is less invasive and nondestructive to other tissues, although there is little evidence comparing outcomes between intervention strategies.

Hypothesis

The LSR technique would be a viable treatment option for chronic Achilles tendon ruptures and would perform comparably with a more clinically accepted procedure, the gastrocnemius fascial turndown (GFT), in postintervention functional outcome measures and tendon mechanical and

SUBMITTER: Counihan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653705 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature