Comparison of the open primary repair with augmentation and without augmentation in acute achilles tendon rupture

Materials and methods: Data were evaluated from 41 patients that underwent surgical repair for acute Achilles tendon ruptures with these 2 diff erent surgery methods. In the fi rst group, which included 21 patients (19 male, 2 female; mean age: 36.8 years; age range: 22 to 49), we performed augmentation with the plantaris tendon aft er an end-to-end primary repair with a modifi ed Kessler technique. In the second group, which included 20 patients (19 male, 1 female; mean age: 41.4 years; age range: 23 to 52), we did not perform augmentation aft er the end-to-end primary repair with a modifi ed Kessler technique. For both groups, we used polydioxanone suture (PDS) materials in Kessler knots.