Reply regarding: Re-rupture is not the only failure: tendon elongation and the 6-week nonoperative protocol for Achilles tendon rupture
Ville Happonen, Heikki Kröger · 2026
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Ville Happonen and Heikki Kröger reply to critics in a 2026 journal letter. Their study compared two non-surgical rehab plans after Achilles tendon rupture, one with six weeks and one with eight weeks of protection. Critics argued that tendon lengthening, not just re-rupture, should count as a failure of care.
The authors agree that lengthening, strength, and patient reports matter for recovery. Such data were not on hand in their single-center records, they note. Their set endpoints were re-rupture and failure needing surgery, which records could capture soundly. Rates of those endpoints were alike between the two plans. They welcome future studies that add tendon length and function measures to the comparison.
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| CREATOR | Ville Happonen, Heikki Kröger |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |