Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors

Autor:	Motoki Sonohata, Tsutomu Okamoto, Kazuyoshi Uchihashi, Tsutomu Motooka, Hirofumi Tanaka, Masaru Kitajima, Masaaki Mawatari, Takao Hotokebuchi
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Achilles tendon elderly surgical treatment Orthopedic surgery RD701-811
Zdroj:	Orthopedic Reviews, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp e11-e11 (2010)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2035-8237 2035-8164
DOI:	10.4081/or.2010.e11
Popis:	Achilles tendon ruptures rarely occur in patients over 80 years of age. However, it is unclear what treatment, surgical or conservative, is suitable for such an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. In addition, the clinical results of an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly are disappointing. We report here the case of a subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old, healthy female, who returned to her previous level of activity following surgical treatment. Additional case reports of other instances of successful treatment are needed to help establish the optimal treatment protocol for an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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