Free semitendinosus graft improves pain, function after Achilles tendon rupture

  • May 24, 2013

In this study, investigators from the UK found good to excellent results in 93% of patients who had Achilles tendon reconstruction with a free semitendinosus graft.

“Mini-invasive reconstruction of the Achilles tendon, with a gap lesion larger than 6 cm, using the ipsilateral free semitendinosus tendon graft provides a significant improvement of symptoms and function, although calf circumference and ankle plantarflexion strength do not recover fully,” Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth), and colleagues wrote in the study abstract.

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