Next, the surgeon drills a small tunnel into the top of the calcaneus near the place where the Achilles tendon is attached. The FHL tendon is shifted over to this tunnel. The end of the tendon is trimmed and reinforc...
Non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy is a common disorder that may be treated with surgical debridement. A flexor hallucis longus (FHL) transfer is recommended if debridement of ≥50% is performed; however, there are no biomechanical data to support this. The purpose of this study was to assess...
Debridement of the degenerative tendon tissue was considered necessary for operative treatment, and the tendon defect was predicted to be at least 2 cm. Therefore, operative treatment with a combination of V–Y tendon plasty and the suture bridge technique was planned. Download: Download high-res ...
Background: In patients with chronic Achilles tendon disorders, Achilles tendon debridement can be supplemented with a tendon transfer, with the flexor hallucis longus tendon (FHL) transfer representing the most common used technique. Our study describes clinical and functional results of patients ...
The mean AOFAS ankle and hindfoot score was 94.4 (SD = 9.8), which was significantly improved when compared with previously published scores for patients who underwent Achilles debridement with FHL transfer (P = .007). All 8 categories on the SF-36 health survey showed no significant ...
Statement. No study comparing the two techniques was found to provide conclusive evidence of one method having a clear advantage over the other. Maffulli et al. [56] conducted a comparison between peroneus brevis tendon transfer (n = 20) and FHL transfer (n = 21) in CATR patients...
Flexor hallucis longus (FHL) transfer is an effective surgery in treating insertional Achilles tendinopathy (IAT). However, limited data exist regarding the post-surgery changes in the transferred FHL. The study aimed to compare the sequential changes and hypertrophy of FHL after isolated FHL transfer...
Core Tip:Studies of minimally invasive surgery for insertional Achilles tendinopathy are limited. Therefore, to establish this surgery, the following techniques must be minimally invasive: (1) Exostosis resection at the Achilles tendon insertion; (2) Debridement of degenerated Achilles tendon; (3) Reat...
Pathologien. Der über 70 %igen Erfolgsrate stehen Komplikationen in bis zu 40 % der Fälle gegenüber. Eine zu über 50 % abgelöste Achillessehne sollte refixiert werden. Für den additiven Transfer der Sehne des M. flexor hallucis longus (FHL) fehlen valide Daten; regelhaft ...
July 2012. The average tendon gap after debridement was 6.8 cm. All patients were reconstructed with flexor hallucis longus tendon transfer augmented with a modified turn-down flap. Patient’s satisfaction was evaluated using the American orthopedic foot and ankle society (AOFAS)-ankle-hindfoot ...