REPAIR OF DEFECTS IN THE TENDO ACHILLIS

1 January 1956

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Vol. 38 (1) , 111-114
https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-195638010-00011

Abstract

Repair of old defects in the tendo achillis demands crossing the gap with new tendinous tissue. A repair using the tendo achillis itself has been suggested.

Keywords

HEEL/RUPTURE