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Achilles tendon ruptures operated on under local anesthesia. Retrospective study of 81 nonhospitalized patients
D Sejberg1, L B Hansen, S Dalsgaard
1Department of Orthopedics, Køge Hospital, Denmark.
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
During a 6-year period, 97 patients with an acute rupture of the Achilles tendon were operated on under local anesthesia as outpatients. At follow-up, 5/81 patients had some discomfort. A rerupture occurred in 3 patients shortly after commencing weight bearing and after substantial traumas. We conclude that there is no need to hospitalize patients with an Achilles tendon rupture.