Detailed Information on Publication Record
2018
Artroskopická terapie chronické retrokalkaneární burzitidy - endoskopická kalkaneoplastika
PAŠA, Libor, J. KUZMA, R. HERUFEK, J. PROKES, Andrea ŠPRLÁKOVÁ-PUKOVÁ et. al.Basic information
Original name
Artroskopická terapie chronické retrokalkaneární burzitidy - endoskopická kalkaneoplastika
Name (in English)
Arthroscopic Treatment of Chronic Retrocalcaneal Bursitis - Endoscopic Calcaneoplasty
Authors
PAŠA, Libor (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), J. KUZMA (203 Czech Republic), R. HERUFEK (203 Czech Republic), J. PROKES (203 Czech Republic) and Andrea ŠPRLÁKOVÁ-PUKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae čechoslovaca, Praha, Galén, 2018, 0001-5415
Other information
Language
Czech
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30211 Orthopaedics
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 0.456
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/18:00104253
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000436528700008
Keywords in English
retrocalcaneal bursitis; endoscopic calcaneoplasty; arthroscopy
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 9/2/2019 20:39, Soňa Böhmová
V originále
Autoři hodnotí výsledky endoskopické léčby a analýzu příčin přetrvávajících problémů v retrokalkánní bursitidě, která nereaguje na konzervativní léčbu. Achillova šlacha, která nemá žádnou šanci k uzdravení v důsledku prodlouženého zranění kalicového tuberkulu.
In English
INTRODUCTION The authors evaluate the results of endoscopic treatment and analyse the causes of persisting difficulties in retrocalcaneal bursitis unresponsive to conservative treatment. Stated as one of the causes is the possible chronic irritation of minor/partial tears of anterior parts of the distal portion of the Achilles tendon, which have no chance to heal due to continued overload and impingement syndrome of the superior prominence of the calcaneal tubercle. MATERIAL AND METHODS The authors evaluate the group of 24 patients (10 women and 14 men) diagnosed with retrocalcaneal bursitis, who reported more than 12 months of difficulties and in whom the conservative therapy options have already been exhausted. The decision to perform a revision arthroscopy was made by the authors based on chronic long-lasting difficulties, clinical examination, calcaneus radiograph, ultrasound examination and negative response to the performed conservative treatment. The MRI scan was obtained in 4 patients. In 11 patients during arthroscopy the Achilles tendon was intact, in 13 patients (54.2%) minor tears were detected on the anterior aspect of the distal Achilles tendon, not diagnosed preoperatively (by ultrasound examination). In all the patients, resection of the prominence of the calcaneal tubercle was performed, whereas in patients with affected Achilles tendon also the loose tendon fragments were resected. RESULTS A total of 23 patients reported an improvement of their condition, the pain subsided at 21-43 days. Altogether 21 patients returned to activities carried out before the onset of pain. The AOFAS score values measured preoperatively in patients with an intact tendon were 59.5 +/- 15.0, in patients with an injured tendon it was 45.57 +/- 9.6, while 6 months after the surgery the values were 95.7 +/- 6.2, or 88.71 +/- 7.8 respectively. In 1 female patient, with one prior surgery, diagnosed with a partial tear of the Achilles tendon, the effect of the surgery was unsatisfactory. After six months the patient underwent an open revision surgery and the Achilles tendon reinsertion. No intraoperative or postoperative complications were observed. DISCUSSION The endoscopic technique facilitates a more visible bone resection, with better control of resection, which is less invasive than the open technique. The source of irritation can be removed, which is not always only the prominence of the calcaneal tubercle, but another cause of persisting problems can also be a microtrauma affecting the anterior portion of the Achilles tendon, with a reactive hyperaemia in bursal tissue. Compared to literature and also based on the results of the authors of this retrospective study, the endoscopic calcaneoplasty is less invasive than the open surgery. It is always necessary to properly diagnose the causes of difficulties and to timely respond to persisting symptoms in patients, not responding satisfactorily to conservative therapy. CONCLUSIONS The findings presented by the authors provide a new perspective on the causes of chronic problems such as the "posterior heel pain" and tend to give preference to the active endoscopic approach in patients with persisting problems, not responding to conservative treatment, predisposed based on the radiological examination and with a positive finding on ultrasound or MRI scan.