Clinical Research

Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures?

Volume: 15 Number: 2 March 17, 2025
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Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures?

Abstract

Background/Aims: To examine the correlation between wound-site complications that arise following open repair of acute achilles tendon ruptures and patient-related factors. Methods: Age, gender, mechanism of injury, time from rupture to surgery, and postoperative complications were analyzed in 39 patients who underwent open surgery by a single orthopedic and traumatology team between 2019 and 2024. Results: As the time until surgical intervention increased after tendon rupture, wound-site complications were encountered more frequently (p<0.001) There was no other significant relationship between patient-based parameters and wound-site complications (p>0.05 for each). Conclusions: The most effective parameter in predicting wound-site complications after open rupture of the AT rupture is the elapsed time between injury and surgery, whereas factors such as age, gender and injury mechanisms are not able to predict wound-site complications in such cases. Patients should be operated on as soon as possible to minimize the risk of wound site problems, which is a common complication of Achilles tendon rupture treatments.

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Ethical Statement

Our study was ethically approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital No. 1 Clinical Research Ethics Committee with the ethics committee document dated 21/09/2022 and numbered E1-22-2908.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Orthopaedics

Journal Section

Clinical Research

Publication Date

March 17, 2025

Submission Date

February 18, 2025

Acceptance Date

March 16, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 15 Number: 2

APA
Güran, O., Hanege, F., Gencer, B., & Doğan, Ö. (2025). Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures? Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 15(2), 82-85. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1642466
AMA
1.Güran O, Hanege F, Gencer B, Doğan Ö. Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures? J Contemp Med. 2025;15(2):82-85. doi:10.16899/jcm.1642466
Chicago
Güran, Ortaç, Furkan Hanege, Batuhan Gencer, and Özgür Doğan. 2025. “Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted After Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures?”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 15 (2): 82-85. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1642466.
EndNote
Güran O, Hanege F, Gencer B, Doğan Ö (March 1, 2025) Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures? Journal of Contemporary Medicine 15 2 82–85.
IEEE
[1]O. Güran, F. Hanege, B. Gencer, and Ö. Doğan, “Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures?”, J Contemp Med, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 82–85, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.16899/jcm.1642466.
ISNAD
Güran, Ortaç - Hanege, Furkan - Gencer, Batuhan - Doğan, Özgür. “Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted After Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures?”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 15/2 (March 1, 2025): 82-85. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1642466.
JAMA
1.Güran O, Hanege F, Gencer B, Doğan Ö. Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures? J Contemp Med. 2025;15:82–85.
MLA
Güran, Ortaç, et al. “Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted After Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures?”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, vol. 15, no. 2, Mar. 2025, pp. 82-85, doi:10.16899/jcm.1642466.
Vancouver
1.Ortaç Güran, Furkan Hanege, Batuhan Gencer, Özgür Doğan. Can Wound-Site Complications Be Predicted after Open Repair in Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures? J Contemp Med. 2025 Mar. 1;15(2):82-5. doi:10.16899/jcm.1642466