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

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)

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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