Rupture of the calcaneal tendon. The early and late management

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Immobilization in neutral versus equinus position after Achilles tendon repair: A review of 32 patients

“…Wills et al 1986, Carden et al 1987. In this study, the only rerupture occurred after severe necrotizing wound infection due to poor general health of a patient suffering from rectal cancer.…”

Is Percutaneous Repair Better Than Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture?

“…Wound complications are widely described in the literature as a limitation of open surgery [7,9,18,20]. Carden et al [7] reported a rate of 17% complications in an open surgically treated group versus 4% in a nonoperative group.…”

“…Wound complications are widely described in the literature as a limitation of open surgery [7,9,18,20]. Carden et al [7] reported a rate of 17% complications in an open surgically treated group versus 4% in a nonoperative group. Lim et al [20] reported in a prospective study of 66 patients comparing open and percutaneous repair techniques a higher rate of wound complications in the open repair group, with seven cases of wound infections (21%) and two cases of adhesions (6%) compared with just three cases of wound puckering (9%) in the percutaneous repair group.…”

Unfavorable effect of knee immobilization on Achilles tendon healing in rabbits

“…Some investigators have asserted that immobilization of the knee joint is not necessary for treatment (Beskin et al 1987, Carden et al 1987, and recent treatment trends are towards immobilization of only the ankle (Cetti et al 1993, Rantanen et al 1993, Soldatis et al 1997. However, to our knowledge, no authors have explained why immobilization of the knee joint is not necessary for the treatment of Achilles tendon rupture.…”