Application of Preoperative Ultrasonography in the Percutaneous Minimally Invasive Repair of Acute Closed Achilles Tendon Rupture

Figure 1

A male patient, 28 years old, with an Achilles tendon rupture in a football match. The pictures show the anatomical structure on the plane of the proximal end of the tendon (9 cm from the proximal end of the broken end of the Achilles tendon) examined by ultrasound. In this plane, the small saphenous vein and sural nerve are located directly above the Achilles tendon. (a) The blue arrow shows tendons; the red arrow shows the small saphenous vein; the yellow arrow shows the sural nerve. (b) The dotted line shows the lateral edge of the Achilles tendon. (c) The dotted line shows the medial edge of the Achilles tendon.

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