TRAUMATIC DISLOCATION OF THE TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON - A NEW SURGICAL-PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN A STRONG RECONSTRUCTION

Authors
BALLESTEROS R CHACON M CIMARRA A RAMOS L GOMEZBARRENA E
Citation
R. Ballesteros et al., TRAUMATIC DISLOCATION OF THE TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON - A NEW SURGICAL-PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN A STRONG RECONSTRUCTION, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 39(6), 1995, pp. 1198-1200
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1198 - 1200
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Traumatic dislocation of the tibialis posterior tendon (TPT) is an unc ommon condition, The diagnosis is difficult and may be delayed, impair ing the activity level, The authors present a case, wherein the diagno sis was clinical, supported by magnetic resonance imaging, Treatment w as surgical; reconstruction of the retinaculum was performed with a me dial slip of the Achilles tendon that was detached proximally and atta ched to the medial malleolus. A full functional recovery to a highly c ompetitive activity was obtained after 12 weeks.