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Categories: Abstracts, 2016, Podium

Percutaneous repair versus conservative management of Tendo-Achilles rupture. Outcomes following a functional rehabilitation programme

N. Grocott, C. Heaver, R. Rees

¹University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Introduction: Patients presenting with an acute tendoachilles (TA) rupture are managed in a dedicated clinic led by a Foot & Ankle Consultant and specialist physiotherapist. The diagnosis is made clinically and no ultrasound scan is performed. All management, rehabilitation and follow-up is undertaken within this clinic by the specialist physiotherapist, with Consultant support as required. Patients are offered a choice of conservative or surgical management (percutaneous TA repair). Both groups undergo a standardised functional rehabilitation regimen.

Methods: All patients treated through our dedicated clinic between May 2010 and April 2016 were identified. Patient outcomes were reported using the validated Achilles Tendon Repair Score (ATRS). ATRS scores were collected at 3, 6 and 12 months post-injury. Re-rupture and complication rates were also documented.

Results: 167 patients were identified. 79 patients underwent a percutaneous repair and 88 patients opted for conservative management. Mean age of patients undergoing percutaneous repair was 46 years (21-77 years) and 52 years (19-88 years) in the conservatively managed group. Male to female ratios were equal between both groups. Mean ATRS scores at 3, 6 and 12 months were 41.6, 69.5 and 85.3 respectively for the percutaneous repairs and 45.4, 69.0 and 77.1 respectively for the conservatively managed group. The re-rupture rate was 4.2% (3 patients) in the conservative group and 0% in our surgical group. In the surgical group, 1 patient developed a PE and 1 had a wound complication.

Discussion: Our dedicated clinic for managing TA ruptures has proved popular with patients, with a patient satisfaction score of 98.7%. By standardising our rehabilitation regimen we believe our outcomes have improved. Our percutaneous repair group has an improved ATRS score compared to our conservative group at 12 months post injury. We believe that any fit active individual should be offered a percutaneous repair irrespective of age.

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