Researchers studied 97 patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture who were treated for one year using the Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score, functional tests and clinical examinations.
At the six-month follow-up, the surgical group had better results than the nonsurgical group. However, the 12-month follow-up the gap had closed, and there was no statistical difference between the groups, except for the heel-rise test, which favored the surgical group.
Read the abstract for “Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture.”
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