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Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation
The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the body, which is commonly ruptured in male athletes. Bilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon is a rare condition with very few reported cases in the literature. It poses a challenge in management, and hence, we report a case with traumatic bilateral...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27588227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.706 |
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author | Kapoor, Chirag Jhaveri, Maulik Golwala, Paresh Merh, Aditya Patel, Amit |
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description | The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the body, which is commonly ruptured in male athletes. Bilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon is a rare condition with very few reported cases in the literature. It poses a challenge in management, and hence, we report a case with traumatic bilateral Achilles tendon rupture in a young male patient and its management. One side was treated conservatively as the rupture was partial and the other side, which had a complete tear, was operated. At nine months follow-up, the patient has had a satisfactory result and is now bearing full weight without any problems. We suggest this method of treatment to be worthwhile for this unusual entity. |
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spelling | pubmed-49993522016-09-01 Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation Kapoor, Chirag Jhaveri, Maulik Golwala, Paresh Merh, Aditya Patel, Amit Cureus Radiology The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the body, which is commonly ruptured in male athletes. Bilateral rupture of the Achilles tendon is a rare condition with very few reported cases in the literature. It poses a challenge in management, and hence, we report a case with traumatic bilateral Achilles tendon rupture in a young male patient and its management. One side was treated conservatively as the rupture was partial and the other side, which had a complete tear, was operated. At nine months follow-up, the patient has had a satisfactory result and is now bearing full weight without any problems. We suggest this method of treatment to be worthwhile for this unusual entity. Cureus 2016-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4999352/ /pubmed/27588227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.706 Text en Copyright © 2016, Kapoor et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Kapoor, Chirag Jhaveri, Maulik Golwala, Paresh Merh, Aditya Patel, Amit Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation |
title | Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation |
title_full | Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation |
title_fullStr | Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation |
title_short | Acute Bilateral Traumatic Achilles Tendon Rupture – A Rare Presentation |
title_sort | acute bilateral traumatic achilles tendon rupture – a rare presentation |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27588227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.706 |
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