Surgical Trends in the Treatment of Acute Achilles Ruptures

Category: Sports Introduction/Purpose: Historically, nonoperative treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures was felt to have significant re-rupture rates. With improved functional rehabilitation, recent studies have shown decreased rates of tendon re-rupture. Recent randomized control trials circa...

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Main Authors: Bryant Ho MD, Sandeep Soin, Ashlee MacDonald, Judith Baumhauer MD, MPH, John Ketz MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011417S000014