title: Achilles tendon surgical revision with synthetic augmentation.
abstract: In this paper we report about a 50-year-old patient who underwent a surgical revision procedure for rupture of the right Achilles tendon with the use of Ligastic((R)) synthetic graft in 1995, and in which a strong reactive immune response took place over the graft 11 years after. As far as we know, this is the first case described in literature of long-term follow-up inflammatory reaction after the use of such augmentation grafts in Achilles tendon repair.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Unit and Kirk Kilgour Sports Injury Centre, S Andrea Hospital, University of Rome Sapienza, Via Grottarossa 1035, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Basiglini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vadalà
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Conteduca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferretti
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000601:surgery*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation; D012421:Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials