Outcome After Surgical Reconstruction of the Achilles Tendon Insertion.

NCT ID: NCT06030908

Last Updated: 2023-11-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

23 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-13

Study Completion Date

2024-10-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the functional outcomes and sports ability after surgical treatment of insertional Achilles tendon tendinopathy using tendon detachment, debridement, and double-row anchor refixation.

Detailed Description

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The lifetime risk of Achilles tendon pain is approximately 6%, one-third of whom complain of pain at the bony attachment of the Achilles tendon to the calcaneus.

Primary treatment of these insertional tendinopathies is always nonsurgical with physical therapy, orthotics, shock wave therapy, or various forms of injections. If there is no response to therapy, surgery is warranted after three to six months. In this procedure, the tendon is detached from the bone, the damaged portions of the tendon are removed, bony prominences are rounded, and finally the tendon attachment is reconstructed and fixed with anchors. Various anchor systems are available for this purpose.

The double-row anchor system used by the investigators in recent years allows stable, knotless, two-dimensional refixation of the Achilles tendon to the calcaneus and thus permits rapid rehabilitation. Recent studies show good functional results 33 months after reconstruction of the Achilles tendon attachment with the "Speed Bridge" System. To the best of our knowledge, however, there are no studies to date on sports ability after this operation.

The investigators are therefore conducting a retrospective collection of clinical patient data combined with a planned (prospective) questionnaire survey of patients with insertional Achilles tendon tendinopathy who received surgical treatment with tendon refixation.

Conditions

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Achilles Tendinopathy Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy

Keywords

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insertional Achilles Tendinopathy surgery sport

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Study Population

Patients who underwent surgical reconstruction of the Achilles tendon insertion using a knotless, double-row anchor system.

Reconstruction of Achilles tendon insertion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

knotless double-row anchor fixation of the achilles tendon insertion

Interventions

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Reconstruction of Achilles tendon insertion

knotless double-row anchor fixation of the achilles tendon insertion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients who underwent reconstruction and double-row anchor refixation of the Achilles tendon insertion due to an insertional tendinopathy of the Achilles tendon.

Exclusion Criteria

* Lack of informed consent
* Revision surgery
* Patients who had another operation on the same leg during the same procedure or 6 months later
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Krankenhaus Barmherzige Schwestern Linz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Ordensklinikum Linz, Barmherzige Schwestern Abteilung Orthopädie

Linz, , Austria

Site Status

Countries

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Austria

Other Identifiers

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AST_2023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id