
handle: 10451/25968
Introdução: O tendão de Aquiles é um dos que mais frequentemente sofre rupturas. Não existe ainda consenso a nível internacional acerca da melhor abordagem para o seu tratamento. A cirurgia embora se associe a menos re-rupturas, apresenta maior taxa de outras complicações. A cirurgia minimamente invasiva combina a observação directa da lesão, com técnicas percutâneas e apresenta resultados promissores. Métodos: Foram estudados retrospectivamente 101 doentes submetidos a tenorrafia do tendão de Aquiles entre 2003 e 2013, 84 com cirurgia aberta e 17 com cirurgia minimamente invasiva, através de um questionário. Complicações cirúrgicas, tempo de regresso ao trabalho e retoma das actividades desportivas foram avaliados. Foi também aplicado o score AOFAS. Resultados: No grupo da cirurgia aberta, a média do tempo de internamento foi 2,08 dias (1-7 dias), versus 1,24 dias (1-3 dias) na minimamente invasiva. A cirurgia aberta estava associada a complicações em 33,3% dos doentes, com 2 casos de reruptura e 17,6% de complicações e nenhum caso de re-ruptura na minimamente invasiva. Foram encontrados valores semelhantes de infecção da ferida operatória. Os doentes do braço da cirurgia minimamente invasiva regressaram, geralmente, primeiro ao trabalho. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas na retoma da actividade física entre os dois braços em estudo nem no score AOFAS, média 92,87 versus 93,47. Conclusão: A cirurgia minimamente invasiva revelou-se uma boa alternativa à cirurgia aberta, associando-se aparentemente a um menor número de complicações.
Background: The Achilles is one of the tendons which most often suffers ruptures. There is still no international consensus on the best approach to the treatment of such injury. Surgery, though associated with less re-ruptures, has a higher rate of other complications. Minimally invasive surgery combines direct observation of the lesion with percutaneous techniques and shows promising results. Methods: We retrospectively studied, through a questionnaire-based approach, 101 patients undergoing tenorrhaphy for Achilles tendon rupture between 2003 and 2013. 84 of them underwent open repair procedures and 17 of them minimally invasive repair. Surgical complications, time to return to work and resumption of sports activities were evaluated. The AOFAS score was also applied. Results: In the open surgery group, average hospitalization time was 2.08 days (1-7 days), versus 1.24 days (1-3 days) in the minimally invasive group. Open surgery was associated with complications in 33.3% of patients, with 2 cases of re-rupture versus 17.6% and no cases of re-rupture in the case of minimally invasive surgery. Similar rates of wound infection were found in both groups. Patients in the minimally invasive surgery group returned to work sooner. There were no significant differences in the resumption of physical activity or the AOFAS score (92.87 versus 93.47) between the two study arms. Conclusion: Minimally invasive surgery proved to be a good alternative to open surgery, and seems to be associated with fewer complications.
Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2015
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Médicas, Cirurgia, Tendão de Aquiles, Ruptura, Ortopedia
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Médicas, Cirurgia, Tendão de Aquiles, Ruptura, Ortopedia
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