CompletedNot Applicable

Percutaneous Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture With Assistance of Intraoperative Ultrasound

91 participantsStarted 2016-05

Plain-language summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled study carried out between May 2016 and December 2020. It included 98 patients presented with acute rupture of Achilles tendon The patients were randomly distributed by closed envelop technique (49 in each group). Group A included those managed with the assistant of an intra-operative ultrasound. Group B included those done without ultrasound assistant

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 50 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * age between 18 and 50 years * acute ( not more than two weeks) closed complete injury * injury of Achilles tendon in zone 2 (the area between 3 and 6 cm from the insertion) according to Langergran and Lindholm Exclusion Criteria: * incomplete injury * recurrent injury * associated fracture ankle or foot * previous history of local corticosteroids injection * patients with neurovascular problem (e.g. diabetic, autoimmune …etc), smoking, and alcoholics

What they're measuring

American Orthopedic Foot and An¬kle Society score

Timeframe: 4 years

single leg rising

Timeframe: 3 years

magnetic resonance image

Timeframe: one year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04935281

SponsorTanta University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-03

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