Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors | Zendy

Motoki Sonohata | Zendy; Tsutomu Okamoto | Zendy; Kazuyoshi Uchihashi | Zendy; Tsutomu Motooka | Zendy; Hirofumi Tanaka | Zendy; Masaru Kitajima | Zendy; Masaaki Mawatari | Zendy; Takao Hotokebuchi | Zendy

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Subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old female with an absence of risk factors

Author(s) -

Motoki Sonohata,

Tsutomu Okamoto,

Kazuyoshi Uchihashi,

Tsutomu Motooka,

Hirofumi Tanaka,

Masaru Kitajima,

Masaaki Mawatari,

Takao Hotokebuchi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

orthopedic reviews

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.412

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2035-8237

pISSN - 2035-8164

DOI - 10.4081/or.2010.e11

Subject(s) - medicine , achilles tendon , achilles tendon rupture , surgery , conservative treatment , tendon

Achilles tendon ruptures rarely occur in patients over 80 years of age. However, it is unclear what treatment, surgical or conservative, is suitable for such an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly. In addition, the clinical results of an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly are disappointing. We report here the case of a subcutaneous Achilles tendon rupture in an eighty-year-old, healthy female, who returned to her previous level of activity following surgical treatment. Additional case reports of other instances of successful treatment are needed to help establish the optimal treatment protocol for an Achilles tendon rupture in the elderly

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