CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 8  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 203-205

Chronic tendoachilles rupture

Rahul R Bagul, Tushar Agarwal, Mahendra Bendale, Tarun Kukreja
Department of Orthopaedics, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Rahul R Bagul
Department of Orthopaedics, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.153162

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We report two cases of chronic tendoachilles (TA) rupture, which was treated with V-Y plasty and turned down flap from the proximal segment to cover the defect. Chronic TA ruptures can be challenging to treat. A number of operations have been described for the repair and augmentation of the chronic TA rupture.


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