Shrikant Bhoyar¹ and Medha Bhoyar²

¹Diabetic Foot Surgeon, Dr. Bhoyar” s Diabetes and Diabetic Foot Clinic, Mumbai, India
²Department of Diabetology, Dr. Bhoyar” s Diabetes and Diabetic Foot Clinic, Mumbai, India

*Corresponding Author: Medha Bhoyar, Department of Diabetology, Dr. Bhoyar” s Diabetes and Diabetic Foot Clinic, Mumbai, India.

Received: January 22, 2024; Published: February 20, 2024

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to report the repair of insertional chronic rupture of Teno Achilles tendon in Diabetic patient with Strong Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon. Two patients presented with this after one to two months of rupture when they noticed that they can not walk much and there is swelling around ankle joint.
Both the cases were treated with FHL tendon transfer. It is now 2 years and no complications are reported by patients.

Keywords: Chronic Achilles Tendon; Diabetic Patients; Reconstruction; Flexor Hallucis Longus

References

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3. Lee KB., et al. “Reconstruction of neglected achilles tendon rupture using the Flexor hallucis longus tendon”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 17 (2008): 316-320.

Citation

Citation: Shrikant Bhoyar and Medha Bhoyar. “Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture in Diabetic Patients and its Reconstruction using a Modified Flexor Hallucis Longus [FHL] Tendon Transfer".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 7.3 (2024): 29-31.

Copyright

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