Walking on the Achilles tendons
The 'walking on the Achilles tendon' technique allows to easily and effectively overcome the poor hold in the proximal stump of the torn Achilles tendon which surgeon may occasionally encounter and continue to perform minimally invasive percutaneous Achilles tendon repair without the need to shift to open procedures.
Authors
- Filippo Spiezia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-7982)
- Francesco Oliva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1939-552X)
- Gayle D. Maffulli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-1741)
- Filippo Migliorini
- Nicola Maffulli
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- University of Basilicata (IT)
- BirdLife International (KE)
- Mile End Hospital (GB)
- San Raffaele University of Rome (IT)
- Ospedale di Bolzano (IT)
- Ospedale San Carlo (IT)
- Link Campus University (IT)
- Keele University (GB)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Medical Bulletin
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldag009
- Primary Topic
- Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00