Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors

Achilles tendon ruptures rarely occur in patients over 80 years of age. However, it is unclear what treatment, surgical or conservative, is suitable for such an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. In addition, the clinical results of an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly are disappointing. W...

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Autores principales: Sonohata, Motoki, Okamoto, Tsutomu, Uchihashi, Kazuyoshi, Motooka, Tsutomu, Tanaka, Hirofumi, Kitajima, Masaru, Mawatari, Masaaki, Hotokebuchi, Takao
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2010.e11
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author Sonohata, Motoki
Okamoto, Tsutomu
Uchihashi, Kazuyoshi
Motooka, Tsutomu
Tanaka, Hirofumi
Kitajima, Masaru
Mawatari, Masaaki
Hotokebuchi, Takao
author_facet Sonohata, Motoki
Okamoto, Tsutomu
Uchihashi, Kazuyoshi
Motooka, Tsutomu
Tanaka, Hirofumi
Kitajima, Masaru
Mawatari, Masaaki
Hotokebuchi, Takao
author_sort Sonohata, Motoki
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description Achilles tendon ruptures rarely occur in patients over 80 years of age. However, it is unclear what treatment, surgical or conservative, is suitable for such an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. In addition, the clinical results of an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly are disappointing. We report here the case of a subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old, healthy female, who returned to her previous level of activity following surgical treatment. Additional case reports of other instances of successful treatment are needed to help establish the optimal treatment protocol for an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly.
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spelling pubmed-31439572011-08-01 Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors Sonohata, Motoki Okamoto, Tsutomu Uchihashi, Kazuyoshi Motooka, Tsutomu Tanaka, Hirofumi Kitajima, Masaru Mawatari, Masaaki Hotokebuchi, Takao Orthop Rev (Pavia) Case Report Achilles tendon ruptures rarely occur in patients over 80 years of age. However, it is unclear what treatment, surgical or conservative, is suitable for such an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. In addition, the clinical results of an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly are disappointing. We report here the case of a subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old, healthy female, who returned to her previous level of activity following surgical treatment. Additional case reports of other instances of successful treatment are needed to help establish the optimal treatment protocol for an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. PAGEPress Publications 2010-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3143957/ /pubmed/21808694 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2010.e11 Text en ©Copyright M. Sonohata et al., 2010 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
spellingShingle Case Report
Sonohata, Motoki
Okamoto, Tsutomu
Uchihashi, Kazuyoshi
Motooka, Tsutomu
Tanaka, Hirofumi
Kitajima, Masaru
Mawatari, Masaaki
Hotokebuchi, Takao
Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
title Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
title_full Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
title_fullStr Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
title_short Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
title_sort subcutaneous achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808694
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2010.e11
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