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Complete rupture of the Achilles tendon: a new modification for primary surgical repair
A J Schram1, J R Landry, G R Pupp
1Department of Podiatric Surgery, Kern Hospital, Warren, Michigan.
The Journal of Foot Surgery
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Appropriate surgical repair of ruptured Achilles tendon will decrease the complications commonly associated with conservative therapy, this is particularly true with respect to rerupture. A literature review of complete ruptures of the Achilles tendon and a new modification of the Lindholm surgical procedure is presented.