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[Conservative treatment of a chronic rupture of Achilles tendon: case report]
M González-Murillo1, A Rodrigo-Alonso1, H Figueiredo-González1
1Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Universitario Getafe, Carretera de Toledo km 12,500, CP 28905 Getafe, Madrid, España.
Acta Ortopedica Mexicana
|May 27, 2017
Abstract:
We report a case of a 64 years-old-female patient with ruptured left Achilles tendon within two months of evolution that has gone unnoticed. By the application of a conservative treatment recovered complete and symmetrical functionality in five months time after the injury.

