ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021
Comparison of mini-open repair system and percutaneous repair for acute Achilles tendon rupture.
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- Mini-open versus percutaneous surgical repair for acute Achilles tendon rupture: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International orthopaedics · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-Centered Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Internal Splinting Versus Open Achilles Tendon Repair: Comparable Clinically Meaningful Recovery at 12 Months.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Surgical Treatment of Anchor-induced Heel Pain after Minimally Invasive Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture Using Percutaneous Achilles Repair System Achilles Midsubstance SpeedBridge™ Repair: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-guided Achilles tendon rupture repair using knotless barbed suture: a cadaveric study.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2026Article
- Knotted or knotless? Efficacy analysis of the percutaneous Achilles repair system (PARS) for acute Achilles tendon ruptures: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Successful functional outcomes and return to sport rate can be achieved after surgery for acute Achilles tendon rupture: A systematic review.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Review
- Outcomes of the Mini-Open Technique for Achilles Tendon Repair: An Updated Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Clinical Outcome of Achilles Tendon Rupture Repaired by a Modified Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Suturing.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2025Article
- Comparison of open, percutaneous, or mini-open repair in the treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on comparison studies.Annals of joint · 2025Article
- [Anatomical research of positional relationship between protective channel and sural nerve during Achilles tendon repair using channel assisted minimally invasive repair technique].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024Article
- No difference in operative time, outcomes, cosmesis, or return to activity and/or sport after minimally invasive versus open repair of primary Achilles ruptures: a retrospective review.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- A clinical comparison of two different surgical techniques in the treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures: Limited-open approach vs. percutaneous approach.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Ultrasound evaluation of a new surface reference line to describe sural nerve location and safe zones to consider in posterior leg approaches.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Functional Outcome in Percutaneous Achilles Tendon Repair.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo reduce incision complications, minimally invasive operative approaches for treatment with acute Achilles tendon rupture have been developed, such as Mini-open repair and percutaneous repair. Which technique is the better surgical option? In the present study, we compared the two surgical procedures- modified Mini-open repair versus percutaneous repair-in the treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture.
methodsFrom January 2016 to November 2018, 68 matched patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture were divided into treatment group (Mini-open with modified Ma-Griffith technique) and control group (the Ma-Griffith technique). The patients were then treated with different surgical techniques and followed up for no less than 24 months, and the functional outcome scores and complications were retrospectively evaluated.
resultsThe mean follow-up time in Mini-open repair group was 29.0±2.9 months, and that in control group was 27.9±2.9 months (P=0.147). The Mini-open repair group showed reliably higher American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score and Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS) than the control group in functional assessment (95.0±3.8 vs. 92.3±5.3, P=0.000; 93.8±3.8 vs. 90.9±4.5,P=0.000). There was no cases of sural nerve injury in Mini-open repair group, whereas the percutaneous repair group had 5 cases of the same (P=0.027). No significant differences were found in the calf circumference (32.3±3.9 vs. 31.8±3.6) (P=0.564), range of motion of the ankle (51.3±4.8 vs. 50.5±4.2, P=0.362), or wound complications (34/0 vs. 34/0) (P=1.000) between the two groups at the end of the follow-up time. However, the percutaneous repair group had a shorter average operating time (23.1±5.2 min) than that of the Mini-open repair group (27.7±4.3 min) (P=0.000).
conclusionsAcute Achilles tendon ruptures may be treated successfully with a new Mini-open repair system or percutaneous repair technique. However, the Mini-open repair system may represent a superior surgical option, since it offers advantages in terms of direct visual control of the repair, AOFAS Ankle-Hindfoot Score, Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score and risk of sural nerve palsy. STUDY
designCase-control studies, Level of evidence, 3.
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