ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2012
A biomechanical comparison of the primary stability of two minimally invasive techniques for repair of ruptured Achilles tendon.
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- Efficacy and complications of open and minimally invasive surgery in acute Achilles tendon rupture: a prospective randomised clinical study--preliminary report.International orthopaedics · 2013Trial
- Minimally invasive (ring forceps) versus open Achilles tendon repair: A retrospective comparison of ultrasonographic and functional outcomes.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2025Article
- Biomechanical comparison of tendon repair techniques: Bunnell suture leads in mode of failure and minimally invasive configuration in elongation.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- The option of transosseous distal suture placement during minimally invasive Achilles tendon repair for high-risk patients can improve outcomes, however does not prevent re-rupture.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Less Invasive Fixation of Acute Avulsions of the Achilles Tendon: A Technical Note.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Tendon end separation with loading in an Achilles tendon repair model: comparison of non-absorbable vs. absorbable sutures.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2017Article
- Functional Outcomes of Achilles Tendon Minimally Invasive Repair Using 4- and 6-Strand Nonabsorbable Suture: A Cohort Comparison Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2017Article
- Shoulder injuries in soccer players.Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal Diseases · 2012Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the primary stability of two minimally invasive procedures of Achilles tendon (AT) repair, namely a modified percutaneous repair of ruptured AT and the Achillon suture configuration.
methodsEighteen (nine matched pairs) frozen ovine ATs were tenotomized 5 cm from the calcaneal insertion. In each pair, one tendon was randomly allocated to one of the two techniques: a modified percutaneous repair group and the Achillon device suture configuration. Specimens were tested performing an unidirectional tensile load to failure using a servo-hydraulic testing device (MTS Systems, Eden Prairie, MN, USA), controlled by an electropulse e3000 INSTRON machine (Instron Ltd, Buckinghamshire, UK). The tendons were then loaded to failure at a rate of 10 mm/s.
resultsTwo of the nine pairs of specimens were discarded because one specimen for each of the pair pulled out of the pneumatic clamp during mechanical testing. The remaining seven matched pairs were successfully tested. There were no differences in mean strength, mean maximum load, mean failure elongation, tension, stiffness and mode of failure between the two groups.
conclusionThe Achillon-like configuration and the modified percutaneous repair of ruptured AT provided similar biomechanical performance.
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