Percutaneous Achilles tendon lengthening complicated by inadvertent tenotomy.
Thirteen percent (five of 37) of all Hoke percutaneous triple hemisection Achilles tendon lengthenings performed at a teaching hospital in a 4-year period were complicated by inadvertent Achilles tenotomy. Three of the five patients had bilateral procedures and served as their own controls. After 2 months of postoperative short leg walking cast immobilization, the results in patients with inadvertent Achilles tenotomy were indistinguishable from those in whom tendon continuity was maintained.
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Department of Orthopaedics, U.S.C. School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203.
D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001174:Arthrodesis; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016474:Weight-Bearing