Primary Repair of Acute Tendo Achilles Tear by Suture Anchor - The Treatment of Choice for Early Return to Daily Activities: An Evaluation of Clinical and Functional Outcome

Abstract

Objectives: Acute rupture of achilles tendon is a commonly occurring injury affecting mostly the young individuals involved in sports activities. Operative management is most often employed to treat such injuries. This study was aimed to evaluate the functional outcome in patients with acute tendo achilles tear managed by open repair using a suture anchor. Methods: This was a prospective study conducted between September 2018 to August 2020 on patients who underwent suture anchor repair for acute tendo achilles tear. All patients were followed up for at least 9 months. The patients were clinically evaluated and AOFAS score was used to assess their functional outcome. Results: In a total of 38 patients, 28 (73.7%) patients showed Excellent and 7 (18.4%) patients had Good results whereas 1 (2.6%) had Fair and 2 (5.3%) patients demonstrated Poor surgical result at the final follow-up. 89.5% patients did not have any complication. The average AOFAS score was 90.97 ± 10.24. Conclusion: Operative treatment with suture anchor in acute tendo achilles tear has a high success rate, quick recovery after surgery, lower rate of complications, faster return to daily activities, excellent aesthetic and comparable functional results and is also a safe, simple and accepted surgical technique.

Keywords

• acute rupture
• aofas score
• suture anchor
• tendo achilles
• tendon injuries