Prospective screening for PNP revealed an incidence in children younger than 1 year of 6%. Early plication substantially reduces the duration of ventilation, with its associated reduced morbidity and ICU stay.
There appears to be a clinically important difference in the risk of complications between minimally invasive surgical treatment and nonoperative treatment for acute Achilles tendon ruptures, but this was not statistically significant.
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