title: Neglected rupture of the Achilles tendon: reconstruction with peroneus brevis tendon transfer.
abstract: The management of acute and neglected subcutaneous tears of the Achilles tendon by peroneus tendon transfer is safe but technically demanding. It affords good recovery, even in patients with a long-term neglected rupture. Patients with a neglected rupture are at a slightly greater risk of post-operative complications and may never fully recover their ankle plantar flexion strength.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, Hartshill, Thomburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, ST4 7QB.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McClelland
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maffulli
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*