Percutaneous Yurt-bone suture versus minimally invasive surgery for acute Achilles tendon rupture / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the clinical outcomes of percutaneous Yurt-bone suture versus minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture.Methods Between September 2011 and December 2015,31 patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture were treated at our department.Of them,14 received percutaneous Yurt-bone suture and 17 minimally invasive surgery.The 2 groups were compared in terms of hospital stay,intraoperative bleeding volume,surgery time,decrease in leg circumference,delayed healing of the incision,single heel rise test,rerupture rate,sural nerve lesion and Achilles tendon total rupture scores (ATRS) at the final follow-up.Results The average follow-up period was 17.6 months (range,from 9 to 27 months) for all the patients in the 2 groups.The percutaneous Yurt-bone suture group had significantly less intraoperative bleeding volume (8.5 ± 3.6 mL),shorter surgery time (41.4 ± 5.3 min) and shorter hospital stay (4.2 ± 0.8 days),than the minimally invasive surgery group (43.5 ± 7.6 mL,75.5 ±7.8 min and 5.8 ± 1.3 days,respectively) (P ＜ 0.05).There were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups regarding decrease in leg circumference (1.9 ± 0.2 cm versus 2.0 ±0.2 cm),delayed healing of the incision(0 versus 2 cases),positive single heel rise test (both one case),sural nerve lesion(one versus 0) or ATRS score (91.2 ± 3.7 versus 90.4 ± 3.3) (P ＞ 0.05).No re-rupture was observed in either group.Conclusion In the treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture,compared with minimally invasive surgery,percutaneous Yurt-bone suture has advantages of shorter hospital stay,shorter surgery time,less intraoperative bleeding but a similar rate of complications.