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- Alim, Md Abdul, et al.
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Achilles tendon rupture healing is enhanced by intermittent pneumatic compression upregulating collagen type I synthesis
- 2018
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Ingår i: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0942-2056 .- 1433-7347. ; 26:7, s. 2021-2029
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PURPOSE AND HYPOTHESIS: Adjuvant intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) during leg immobilization following Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) has been shown to reduce the risk of deep venous thrombosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether IPC can also promote tendon healing.METHODS: One hundred and fifty patients with surgical repair of acute ATR were post-operatively leg immobilized and prospectively randomized. Patients were allocated for 2 weeks of either adjuvant IPC treatment (n = 74) or treatment-as-usual (n = 74) in a plaster cast without IPC. The IPC group received 6 h daily bilateral calf IPC applied under an orthosis on the injured side. At 2 weeks post-operatively, tendon healing was assessed using microdialysis followed by enzymatic quantification of tendon callus production, procollagen type I (PINP) and type III (PIIINP) N-terminal propeptide, and total protein content. 14 IPC and 19 cast patients (control group) consented to undergo microdialysis. During weeks 3-6, all subjects were leg-immobilized in an orthosis without IPC. At 3 and 12 months, patient-reported outcome was assessed using reliable questionnaires (ATRS and EQ-5D). At 12 months, functional outcome was measured using the validated heel-rise test.RESULTS: At 2 weeks post-rupture, the IPC-treated patients exhibited 69% higher levels of PINP in the ruptured Achilles tendon (AT) compared to the control group (p = 0.001). Interestingly, the IPC-treated contralateral, intact AT also demonstrated 49% higher concentrations of PINP compared to the non-treated intact AT of the plaster cast group (p = 0.002). There were no adverse events observed associated with IPC. At 3 and 12 months, no significant (n.s.) differences between the two treatments were observed using patient-reported and functional outcome measures.CONCLUSIONS: Adjuvant IPC during limb immobilization in patients with ATR seems to effectively enhance the early healing response by upregulation of collagen type I synthesis, without any adverse effects. Whether prolonged IPC application during the whole immobilization period can also lead to improved long-term clinical healing response should be further investigated. The healing process during leg immobilization in patients with Achilles tendon rupture can be improved through adjuvant IPC therapy, which additionally prevents deep venous thrombosis.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Randomized controlled trial, Level I.
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- Domeij-Arverud, Erica, et al.
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Intermittent pneumatic compression reduces the risk of deep vein thrombosis during post-operative lower limb immobilisation : a prospective randomised trial of acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon
- 2015
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Ingår i: The Bone & Joint Journal. - Stockholm : Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery. - 2049-4394. ; 97B97-B:5, s. 675-680
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Deep vein thrombosis is a common complication when immobilising the lower limb after surgery. We hypothesised that adjuvant intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) during post-operative outpatient immobilisation of the lower limb could reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). A total of 150 patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture were randomised to either treatment with IPC for six hours daily (n = 74) under an orthosis or treatment as usual (n = 74) in a plaster cast. At two weeks post-operatively the incidence of DVT was assessed using compression duplex ultrasound (CDU) by two ultrasonographers blinded to treatment. After the IPC intervention had ended, all patients were immobilised in the orthosis for another four weeks and a second CDU was performed. Trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov; NCT01317160. At two weeks the DVT rate was 21% in the IPC group and 38% in the control group (OR = 2.36; 95% CI 1.11 to 5.01). Age > 39 years was found to be a strong risk factor for DVT (OR = 4.84; 95% CI 2.14 to 10.96). Treatment with IPC corrected for age reduced the risk significantly (OR = 0.36; 95% CI 0.16 to 0.80). At six weeks, however, the frequency of DVT was 49% in the IPC group and 51% in the control group (OR = 0.94; 95% CI 0.49 to 1.83). IPC seems to be an effective method of reducing the risk of early DVT in leg-immobilised outpatients. A high risk of DVT during prolonged immobilisation warrants further study.
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- Ackermann, Paul W, et al.
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Reduced time to surgery improves patient-reported outcome after achilles tendon rupture
- 2018
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Ingår i: The American Journal of Sports Medicine. - Stockholm : Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery. - 0363-5465 .- 1552-3365.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Patient outcome after an acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) continues to be suboptimal and heterogeneous. Thus, prognostic factors are called for to optimize evidence-based ATR treatment protocols, however, the influence of delayed time from injury to surgery (TTS) on patient outcome after ATR remains largely unknown. Purpose: To determine whether patient outcomes and adverse events after surgical repair of acute ATR are related to delayed TTS. Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3. Methods: Two hundred and twenty-eight ATR patients treated with uniform anesthetic and surgical techniques, within 10 days after injury, were retrospectively assessed. TTS depended on a free slot in the operating theatre and neither surgeon nor patient could affect TTS. Patients were assigned into three groups according to trichotomized TTS; short- (<48hours), intermediate- (48-72hours) and long TTS (>72hours). Patient-reported outcome at one-year was assessed using the validated Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score, with scores>80 on a 0- to 100-point scale indicating an overall good outcome. The incidences of adverse events (peri- and postoperative) and deep venous thrombosis were assessed. Results: Shorter TTS was significantly associated with increased rate of good outcome and reduced risk of adverse events. Seventy-one percent (95% CI, 60%-83%) of the patients with short TTS attained a good outcome compared to 44% (95% CI, 33%-56%) of the patients 3 with long TTS (p=.002), and with the intermediate TTS group in between (63%, 95% CI, 47%-78%). The incidence of adverse events was significantly reduced among patients with short TTS 1.4% (95% CI, 1%-4%) as compared to those with intermediate TTS 11% (95% CI, 2%-21%) (p=.035) and to patients with long TTS 14.8% (95% CI, 7%-23%) (p=.003). The risk of sustaining a deep venous thrombosis was not statistically significant different among the three groups (p=.15). Conclusion: Patients with acute ATR operated on within 48 hours after injury yielded better outcomes and a lower number of adverse events compared to patients operated on after 72 hours. These results conform to evidence-based recommendations from other surgical disciplines and should be used as guidelines for optimizing ATR treatment protocols.
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- Alim, Md Abdul, et al.
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Procollagen markers in microdialysate can predict patient outcome after Achilles tendon rupture.
- 2016
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Ingår i: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine. - London, UK : BMJ. - 2055-7647. ; 2:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: Patients who sustain acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) exhibit variable and mostly impaired long-term functional, and patient-reported outcomes. However, there exists a lack of early predictive markers of long-term outcomes to facilitate the development of improved treatment methods. The aim of this study was to assess markers of tendon callus production in patients with ATR in terms of outcome, pain, and fatigue.STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective cohort study; level of evidence 2. Outpatient orthopaedic/sports medicine department.PATIENTS: A total of 65 patients (57 men, 8 women; mean age 41±7 years) with ATR were prospectively assessed.ASSESSMENTS: Markers of tendon callus production, procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP) and procollagen type III N-terminal propeptide (PIIINP), were assessed 2 weeks postoperatively using microdialysis followed by enzymatic quantification. Normalised procollagen levels (n-PINP and n-PIIINP) were calculated as the ratio of procollagen to total protein content. Pain and fatigue were assessed at 1 year using reliable questionnaires Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS).RESULTS: Patients exhibited fatigue (77.6%) and pain (44.1%) to some extent. Higher levels of n-PINP (R=0.38, p=0.016) and n-PIIINP (R=0.33, p=0.046) were significantly associated with less pain in the limb. Increased concentrations of PINP (R=-0.47, p=0.002) and PIIINP (R=-0.37, p=0.024) were related to more self-reported fatigue in the leg. The results were corroborated by multiple linear regression analyses.CONCLUSIONS: Assessment of procollagen markers in early tendon healing can predict long-term patient-reported outcomes after ATR. These novel findings suggest that procollagen markers could be used to facilitate the development of improved treatment methods in patients who sustain ATR.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: NCT01317160: Results. NCT02318472: Pre-results.
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- Domeij-Arverud, Erica, et al.
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Ageing, deep vein thrombosis and male gender predict poor outcome after acute Achilles tendon rupture
- 2016
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Ingår i: The Bone & Joint Journal. - Stockholm : Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery. - 2049-4394. ; 98B98-B:12, s. 1635-1641
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) exhibit prolonged healing, high incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and a wide variation of functional outcome. This extensive discrepancy in outcome may be explained by a lack of knowledge of detrimental factors, and subsequent shortage of adequate interventions. Methods: A total of 111 patients (84 men, 16 women; mean age 40.3±8.4) with acute total ATR were prospectively assessed. At one year post-operatively a uniform outcome score, Achilles Combined Outcome Score (ACOS), was obtained by combining three validated, independent, outcome measures: Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score, heel-rise height test, and limb symmetry heel-rise height. Candidate predictors of ACOS included; treatment, sex, age, smoking, body mass index (BMI), time to surgery, physical activity level pre- and post-injury, symptoms, quality of life and DVT-incidence. Results: Three independent variables correlated significantly with the dichotomized outcome score ACOS, while the other factors demonstrated no correlation. Low age (40 or less=0; above 40=1) was the strongest independent predictor of developing a good outcome at one year after ATR (OR= 0.20, 95 % C.I. 0.08 – 0.51), followed by female gender (Man= 1; Woman= 2) (OR= 4.18, 95 % C.I. 1.01 – 17.24). Notably, patients without a DVT (No=0, Yes=1) during post-operative immobilization experienced a better outcome (OR= 0.31, 95 % C.I. 0.12 – 0.80). Conclusion: DVT during leg immobilization, aging and male gender are independent negative predictors of outcome in patients with acute ATR. Age and gender should be further studied as to pinpoint the underlying causes leading to poor outcome. To enhance the outcome after ATR the first clinical focus should be on DVT-prevention during immobilization, possibly by usage of mechanical compression therapy and early weight bearing and mobilization.
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