Endoscopic Flexor Hallucis Longus Transfer With Interference Screw and Additional Tension Slide Cortical Button for Chronic Achilles Tendon Rupture
Endoscopic FHL tendon transfer for chronic ATR augmented using a cortical button as well as an interference screw seems to be a safe and effective procedure, with patients reporting a statistically significant improvement in health-related quality of life, pain, and specific foot and ankle outcome function.<b>Level of Evidence:</b> Level IV, case series.
Authors
- Robbie Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-9720)
- Ayla C. Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-319X)
- Vikramman Vignaraja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2756-8571)
- Sanjana Mehrotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2919-7400)
- Thomas Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-7427)
- Siddhartha Murhekar
- Samuel P. Franklin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7579-7953)
Institutions
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/24730114251325862
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72