Introduction Recent cadaveric studies have identified a plantaris tendon in 98–100% of specimens (Saxena,2000; van Sterkenberg 2007) and a number of studies have identified a potential relationship ...

Objectives When re-operating patients with midportion Achilles tendinosis, having had a poor effect of ultrasound (US) and Doppler-guided scraping, the author found the involvement of the plantaris ...

Therefore, more extensive procedures using tendon transfers ... After closing the paratenon, the plantaris fascia can be fanned out over the repair site to help prevent adhesions with the ...

Late direct repair of a lacerated flexor tendon is a tendon repair performed 3 weeks after injury. When direct repair is performed late, contraction of the musculotendonous unit makes it difficult ...

“Luke’s plantaris tendon is limiting his ability to complete the pre-season loads required to prepare for AFL football,” he said. “He had progressed well with conservative management of an ankle ...