[Percutaneous suture of a ruptured achilles tendon: preliminary communication and initial experience.]

The authors describe their initial experience with percutaneous suture of a recent rupture of the Achilles tendon in their own modification which is based on the method described by Mao and Griffith. They evaluate in a small group of patients the results which are extremely favourable. They ascribe the low rate of complications to their own modification of percutaneous suture. The principle of percutaneous suture is described and demonstrated on a drawing. Postoperative care is the same as in open sutures, however, the good results create conditions for a more rapid restoration of full burdening of the operated extremity. Key words: ruptured Achilles tendon, percutaneous repair of Achilles tendon.