title: Delayed repair of tibialis anterior tendon rupture with Achilles tendon allograft.
abstract: Few cases of spontaneous rupture of the tibialis anterior tendon have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 66-year-old male with a spontaneous rupture of his left tibialis anterior tendon, with a delayed presentation of approximately 3 months. At the time of reconstruction there was marked retraction of the proximal portion of the tibialis anterior tendon, which precluded an end-to-end repair; therefore, we used an Achilles tendon allograft.
authors: Division of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Aderinto
authors: Allan
authors: A
authors: Gross
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000637:transplantation*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000601:surgery; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous