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Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture Reconstruction with a Endoscopic Flexor Hallucis Longus Transfer: A Case Re-Port

Submission: May 25, 2018;Published: June 10, 2019

Abstract

Chronic Achilles tendon (AT) rupture is often undiagnosed disease especially in elderly. Management of chronic AT ruptures is different from acute ruptures as tendon ends are retracted and atrophied with lots of fibrous ends. The results and outcome of chronic rupture is fairly unsatisfactory. We present our first case report of treating chronic AT rupture with large defect and fatty infiltrated muscle tissue using a posterior ankle endoscopy for flexor hallucis longus (FHL) transfer

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