Central Tendon-Splitting Approach and Double Row Suturing for the Treatment of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy

Figure 6

Case 3, a 40-year-old woman showed right posterior heel pain for 3 years, and her nonsurgical treatment was ineffective. (a) Preoperative radiograph revealed calcification near the posterior calcaneus. (b) Axis X-Ray plain film of calcaneus before operation. (c) Postoperative radiograph showed calcification in the Achilles tendon insertion had been removed, and the Achilles tendon was fixed by double row suture bridge. (d) Postoperative calcaneal axis X-Ray film showed the distribution of inner and outer anchors.

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