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Traumatic rupture of both peroneal longus and brevis tendons
Stéphane Pelet1, Marco Saglini, Raffaele Garofalo
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Injuries of peroneal tendons are rare. Diagnosis of traumatic rupture is often late and presents as chronic ankle instability. A case of a complete traumatic rupture of both peroneal longus and brevis tendons with acute clinical and radiological diagnosis is presented. Surgical repair was performed by direct end-to-end suture on the 4th day after trauma, with excellent functional outcome at 1-year follow-up.
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