Soft tissue and tendon reconstruction after Achilles tendon rupture: Adipofascial sural turnover flap associated with cryopreserved gracilis tendon allograft for complicated soft tissue and Achilles tendon losses. A case report and literature review
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Abstract
Achilles tendon rupture is often complicated by skin substance loss around the tendon, which is a poorly-vascularized site. Treatment may be conservative or surgical, but the former is not generally accepted by the orthopedic community and is reserved for selected cases, while surgery remains the mostwidely-used approach.
Soft tissue repair at this site is a crucial reconstruction problem, and becomes very complex if skin reconstruction has to be associated with a complex tendon repair.
The Authors describe a new approach to the repair of Achilles tendon substance loss compounded by a soft tssue defect, using a cryopreserved gracilis tendon allograft in combination with a distally-based adipofascial sural flap.
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Parodi, Pier Camillo, et al. “Soft Tissue and Tendon Reconstruction After Achilles Tendon Rupture: Adipofascial Sural Turnover Flap Associated With Cryopreserved Gracilis Tendon Allograft for Complicated Soft Tissue and Achilles Tendon Losses. A Case Report and Literature Review”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 77, no. 4, July 2006, pp. 361-8, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/2870.
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