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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Dependence of clinical outcomes on the interval between Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) and surgery (patients who underwent surgical Achilles tendon repair within the first 2 days after trauma showed inferior clinical outcomes in terms of ATRS, Hannover score, and VAS scores for pain intensity and functional limitation compared to those who were operated on later than 48 h after trauma)

From: Functional outcome and complication rate after percutaneous suture of fresh Achilles tendon ruptures with the Dresden instrument

Interval between ATR and surgery (days)

AOFAS score

Hannover score

ATRS

VAS FL

VAS pain

0–2

94 ± 7

80.6 ± 13.8

78.8 ± 16.3

2.0 ± 1.6

0.91 ± 1.28

3–8

96 ± 6.4

86 ± 11.5

87 ± 13.8

1.1 ± 1.2

0.49 ± 0.78

Significance

0.063

0.039*

0.028*

0.004*

0.046*

  1. AOFAS American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, ATRS Achilles tendon total rupture score, VAS FL visual analogue scale score for functional limitation, VAS pain visual analogue scale score for pain
  2. Level of significance: *p < 0.05
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