A Supine Achilles Tendon Repair Decreases Total Operating Room and Anesthesia Time Without Sacrificing Outcomes:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

DavidBeck¹ 

关键词: Supine;    Achilles tendon repair;    surgical time;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011417S000114

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:Ankle, Sports, TraumaIntroduction/Purpose:Achilles tendon repairs have traditionally been performed using a prone position. Prone positioning gives the surgeon easy visualization of the tendon, but may not offer the safest position for anesthesia and requires more peri-operative positioning time. We propose that the use of a supine position for primary Achilles tendon repairs offers similar surgical times, while saving non-surgical operating room time during positioning and anesthesia set-up.Methods:A retrospective review of primary Achilles tendon repairs done at our institution’s surgical sites between March of 2010 and July of 2015 was performed. Using the institutional database, 145 procedures were identified. Chart review demonstrated that 82 were performed open-supine (OS), 31 were performed open-prone(OP), and 32 were performed percutaneous-prone(PP). Surgical, non-surgical, and total operating room times were compared between the three groups.Results:Average surgical times were 32.8, 49, ...

【 授权许可】

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