ArticleSAGE open medicine2019
Results of minimally invasive Achilles tendon scraping and plantaris tendon removal in patients with chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy: A longer-term follow-up study.
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- Level of Evidence for the Treatment of Chronic Noninsertional Achilles Tendinopathy.Foot & ankle specialist · 2023Pooled it
- Achilles Tendon Scraping With Plantaris Tendon Removal for Achilles Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Effect of Symptom Duration on Injury Severity and Recovery in Patients With Achilles Tendinopathy.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Combined Midportion Achilles and Plantaris Tendinopathy: A 1-Year Follow-Up Study after Ultrasound and Color-Doppler-Guided WALANT Surgery in a Private Setting in Southern Sweden.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Radiofrequency Microtenotomy or Physical Therapy for Achilles Tendinopathy: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Sharp pain in a normal Achilles tendon of a professional female football player was related to a plantaris tendon in a rare position: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2021Article
- Achilles Scraping and Plantaris Tendon Removal Improves Pain and Tendon Structure in Patients with Mid-Portion Achilles Tendinopathy-A 24 Month Follow-Up Case Series.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Snapping Plantaris Tendon: A Rare Case in a Competitive Dancer.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2021Article
- Ultrasound and surgical inspection of plantaris tendon involvement in chronic painful insertional Achilles tendinopathy: a case series.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Article
- Taping, Bracing, and Injection Treatment for Patellofemoral Pain and Patellar Tendinopathy.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundTreatment with ultrasound and colour Doppler-guided minimally invasive Achilles tendon scraping and plantaris tendon removal has shown promising short-term results in patients with chronic painful midportion Achilles tendinopathy.
methodsIn a follow-up study, 182 consecutive patients (241 tendons) who had undergone Achilles tendon scraping and plantaris tendon removal were contacted on telephone by an independent investigator. The patients who answered the telephone call were included, and they answered a questionnaire on telephone and then also sent their written answers. The questionnaire included information about patient satisfaction with the result of the treatment, time to return to full Achilles tendon loading activity, and a pain score (Visual Analogue Scale-VAS).
resultsThe follow-up period was 5.8 years (mean) (range of 2-13 years) after surgery. Altogether, 110 patients (136 Achilles tendons), 52 years (mean)(range 18-73) old at surgery could be reached and were included. In total, 81 tendons were operated with the Achilles scraping procedure alone, and for 55 Achilles operations also a plantaris tendon removal was performed. For 93% of the operated tendons, the patients were satisfied with the surgical outcome and the VAS had decreased from 74 preoperatively to 8 postoperatively. Nine male patients (9 tendons), five operated with scraping + plantaris removal, had remaining tendon pain during loading and were not satisfied. Their VAS score ranged from 22 to 91. For 21% of the operated tendons, some occasional mild discomfort not preventing from full tendon loading, was reported. There were no differences in pain reduction and satisfaction rates between men and women, and between Achilles scraping alone and scraping plus plantaris removal.
conclusionUltrasound and colour Doppler-guided surgical Achilles tendon scraping and plantaris tendon removal in patients with chronic painful midportion Achilles tendinopathy show remaining good clinical outcomes and high satisfaction rates in this longer-term follow-up.
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