In:
The American Journal of Sports Medicine, SAGE Publications, Vol. 25, No. 2 ( 1997-03), p. 164-171
Abstract:
Twenty consecutive patients with 21 surgically re paired Achilles tendon ruptures were imaged with a 0.1-T magnet at 3 and 6 weeks, and at 3 and 6 months after surgery. Clinical follow-up examinations and func tional tests were performed at the time of scanning. An intratendinous area of high-intensity signal was ob served in 19 of the 21 surgically repaired Achilles tendons at 3 months after surgery on proton density- and T2-weighted images. The three patients with the largest lesions had clinically poor outcomes at 3 months, whereas those with smaller intratendinous le sions had normal recoveries. Furthermore, patients with an abnormal walk at 3 months (N = 5) had sta tistically larger intratendinous lesions than patients who could walk normally. In all patients the cross- sectional area of the rejoined Achilles tendon showed the largest increase after cast removal (between 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery). In all cases the largest tendon area was measured at 3 months after surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging provides a pre cise valuable tool to evaluate the postsurgical internal structure of the surgically repaired Achilles tendon.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0363-5465
,
1552-3365
DOI:
10.1177/036354659702500204
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1997
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2063945-4
SSG:
31
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