Advanced Techniques in Musculoskeletal Surgery

Research Article Pages 33-39

Operative Therapy of Achilles Tendon Rupture - A Critical Questioning of the Actual Literature

Authors: Simone Frunz, Markus Knupp, Beat Göpfert and Lukas D Iselin

Abstract: The current literature shows that operative treatment has advantages in comparison to conservative treatment for acute Achilles tendon ruptures and there is a large amount of biomechanical cadaver studies which examined the strength of several suture techniques to determine the best suture technique for operative treatment of Achilles tendon rupture. The goal of our study was to compare two different suture materials regarding their strength properties.

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