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Percutaneous Repair of Acute Rupture of the Achilles Tendon

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The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the human body, with a tensile strength on the order of 50–100 N/mm2.1 Despite this, the Achilles tendon is the most commonly ruptured tendon in the human body.2,3 Rupture commonly occurs in middle-aged men who play sports occasionally. There is possibly a link with a sedentary lifestyle.3 The aetiopathogenesis of Achilles tendon ruptures is still unknown, but histological evidence of degeneration is relatively common.2

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Young, J., Sayana, M.K., Maffulli, N. (2010). Percutaneous Repair of Acute Rupture of the Achilles Tendon. In: Scuderi, G., Tria, A. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76608-9_40

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