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Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Technical advance

Quadriceps autograft to treat Achilles Chronic tears: a simple surgical technique

Authors: Rafael Arriaza, Raquel Gayoso, Emilio López-Vidriero, Jesús Aizpurúa, Carlos Agrasar

Published in: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Chronic Achilles tendon tears could hinder patients and represent a challenge to surgeons. Although many different surgical techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of a neglected Achilles tendon rupture, there is no clear evidence to support one technique over the others, but the use of a technique that could allow for an “anatomical” reconstructions seems desirable.

Methods

The present paper describes a new anatomic Achilles tendon reconstruction for chronic tears, using a quadriceps tendon autograft as graft source, with PRP injected into the graft and the neighbor tissue, and fixation in a bone trough with a simple small fragments screw.

Results

Autologous quadriceps tendon graft seems an excellent option, although -surprisingly- has received little attention until now.

Conclusions

Autologous Quadriceps tendon graft (in bone-tendon configuration) is a simple technique that could allow surgeons to reconstruct tissue defects in the Achilles tendon with non-expensive hardware.
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Metadata
Title
Quadriceps autograft to treat Achilles Chronic tears: a simple surgical technique
Authors
Rafael Arriaza
Raquel Gayoso
Emilio López-Vidriero
Jesús Aizpurúa
Carlos Agrasar
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-0967-1

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