How doctors repair a torn Achilles tendon



    by Calm_Preparation2993

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    1. Away-Elephant-4323 on

      I love these types of videos of different surgical procedures, it really gives you just a sample of what surgeons do if even that! the amount of years of education to do this i have so much respect for them.

    2. PsychologicalGlass47 on

      If any bit of the tendon is missing due impacts or collisions, some hospitals cut up a cadaver to bridge it.

      Only took a sideswipe from a motorcycle to learn that one.

    3. Procrastubatorfet on

      If I tried to hang a picture frame by looping some thread around a screw it’d be on the ground in a day.. what am I missing?

    4. I tore one when I was a teenager I remember hearing the snap then the pain. Sometimes I feel like playing tennis again in my 40s but seeing stuff like that reminds me to not lmao

    5. AssistDapper1813 on

      I tore both my achilles; now I know why I’ve got two circle scars on my right heel.

    6. Wow – really helps to explain why professional athletes often struggle to return to 100% after an achilles injury!

    7. DragorovichGames on

      My ex tore her Achilles and our hospital left her in the waiting room bleeding from her leg for like 3 hours then they just stitched her leg and put her foot in a cast and left it to heal like that. Left her with permanent issues in that leg.

    8. TheOnlyDimitri on

      As someone who had their Achilles repaired, watching this video made my whole ankle suffer the strangest of phantom feelings. 0/10 do not like.

    9. Jesus this grosses me out for some reason… Just knowing that the achilles tendon can just tear is gross to me and gives me the heebie jeebies

    10. I hate everything about this other than how amazing and helpful it is. everything else about it sucks though.

    11. I’ve seen these videos of them snapping ..seeing the calf ricochet up the back of the calf is gnarly

    12. So will the tendon eventually heal back together, or will they need those screws and threads the rest of their life?

    13. rainbownightterror on

      does the tendon heal? is the metal just there until it heals or does it just stay there forever?

    14. Careful-Anything-804 on

      How is tendon strong enough to be used as an anchor for threads but not strong enough to not tear so frustrating.

    15. demoralizingRooster on

      Does the tendon ever actually reattach itself or is this how it stays for the rest of your life?

    16. Friendly-Profit-8590 on

      Just had my ruptured Achilles repaired. Don’t recall hearing anything about screws but I wasn’t exactly quizzing the doctor about the procedure.

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