Cost-effectiveness of Operative Versus Non-operative Management of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures

Non-operative treatment of Achilles tendon ruptures.

A study of 10 patients treated non-operatively for Achilles tendon ruptures is reported. Re-ruptures occurred in three patients. The end-results as regards plantar flexion power and ankle mobility were comparable with those obtained in 24 patients treated operatively.

Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures

Background: To date, studies directly comparing the rerupture rate in patients with an Achilles tendon rupture who are treated with surgical repair with the rate in patients treated nonoperatively have been inconclusive but the pooled relative risk of rerupture favored surgical repair. In all but one study, the limb was immobilized for six to eight weeks. Published studies of animals and humans...

Operative vs. Non-Operative Treatment of Achilles Tendon Ruptures

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Operative versus nonoperative treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures: a quantitative review.

OBJECTIVE To determine the optimal treatment of acute Achilles tendon ruptures. DATA SOURCES A comprehensive search for all of the English articles published between 1959 and 1997. STUDY SELECTION All of the articles were reviewed independently by at least three of the four authors to decide on eligibility based on predetermined criteria. Disagreements were discussed and then settled, if ne...

Management of acute Achilles tendon ruptures.