Foot & Ankle⎜Achilles Tendon Rupture
The Orthobullets Podcast
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The Role of Surgery in Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture
Wound healing complications have an incidence of 5 to 10%. Risk factors include smoking, female gender and steroid use. Treatment in the setting of deep infection includes debrement of the necrotic slash-infected Achilles tendon with culture-specific antibiotics for 6 weeks.
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