Janežič Lea Dora¹, Korpar Iza¹, Semenič Danijela^1,2, Alikadić Nadja¹ and Frangež Igor^1,2*

¹Department of Surgical Infections, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia
²Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

*Corresponding Author: Frangež Igor, Department of Surgical Infections, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Received: August 11, 2023; Published: August 17, 2023

Abstract

Tendon tibialis anterior (TTA) rupture, despite being the third most common tendon rupture of the lower extremitiy after Achilles and patellar tendon, is still rare [1]. There are relatively few cases of closed TTA ruptures reported in the literature [2]. We present a case report of a patient with unrecognized rupture of tendon tibialis anterior with complication of sepsis and surgical treatment of the TTA rupture with a semitendinosus tendon graft. In the literature there has been very few cases documented about TTA rupture after septic tenosynovitis, but none yet about complication of sepsis after the tendon tibialis anterior closed rupture [3].

 Keywords: Tendon Tibialis Anterior Rupture; Sepsis; Semitendinosus Tendon Graft; Tendon Tibialis Anterior; Tendon Rupture; Surgery

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Citation: Frangež Igor., et al. “Sepsis as Complication After Closed Tendon Tibialis Anterior Rupture-Case Report". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 4.9 (2023): 19-23.

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