Evaluation of Achilles tendon rerupture.
The authors found that after either surgical or conservative treatment ankle dorsiflexion played a significant role in patients with reruptures and also in those who did not rerupture. They believe that patients who are either casted or treated by surgical repair with their foot in equinus may have a greater chance of rerupture.
D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012421:Rupture; D014945:Wound Healing