跟腱斷裂,不是一種常見的疾病,在臨床上,病患常因誤疹、拖延成陳舊性跟腱斷裂,在跟腱斷裂的治療上,不論保守治療、手術治療,只要早期診斷、早期治療,其結果都可令人滿意,但若是陳舊性跟斷裂,跑為泛生性疤痕組織,分離的斷裂端、皮膚的問題使得治療更趨於困難,大多數醫生都同意外科手術吻合是唯一治療方法。手術方法很多,但同時發生的併發症亦不少,諸如疤痕粘黏、感染、皮膚不癒合、跟腱再斷裂等。 本拜12個陳舊性跟腱斷裂的傷患、接受本院利用鋼絲抽出法治療,其中7個有完整追蹤記錄,統計結果顯示,無手術併發症,而且大 病患達到受傷前活動的水準。依據本科的經驗及統計結果顯示早期診斷在治療上佔了一個關鍵地位,早期治療能使手術簡單,問題減少,最後尚有較好的功能性恢復。本院採用鋼線抽出法,是一個簡單、有效、單一切口的手術,雖然較簡單、較保守,但與其他修補手術一樣的有效。是故,我們建議在治療陳舊性跟腱斷裂時,應該首先試用鋼絲抽出法。
From 1973 to 1982, 12 patients with neglected rupture of the Achilles tendon were treated by pull-out technique. Seven of whom were followed from 10 years to 8 months. No remarkable complications were noted and almost all of the patients returned to their previous level of activity. We suggested that end-to-end anastomosis by pull-out wire technique was a valuable surgical technique and should be employed for a neglected rupture of the Achilles tendon.