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Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture - Choice of Treatment Based on Ultrasound Findings (DUSTAR)

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Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Achilles Tendon Rupture
Athletic Injuries
Acute Disease
Rupture
Ultrasonography

Treatments

Other: Non-surgical treatment
Procedure: Surgical treatment

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04420832
ATR ultrasound study

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with acute achilles tendon rupture will go through an acute ultrasound. Based on the distance between the ends of the tendon the investigators will decide if the patient is going to be treated with or without surgery.

Enrollment

128 patients

Sex

All

Ages

16 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • acute achilles tendon rupture diagnosed less than 48 hours from injury
  • mid-substance rupture

Exclusion criteria

  • previous achilles tendon rupture
  • lower leg disability
  • diabetes mellitus
  • neurovascular disease
  • immunosuppression
  • non-Swedish speaker

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

128 participants in 2 patient groups

Surgical treatment
Active Comparator group
Description:
Patients with a distance of 5 mm or more between tendon ends will be treated surgically and with physiotherapy
Treatment:
Procedure: Surgical treatment
Non-surgical treatment
Other group
Description:
Patients with a distance of less than 5 mm between tendon ends will be treated non-surgically and with physiotherapy
Treatment:
Other: Non-surgical treatment

Trial contacts and locations

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