1. Acute and Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures in Athletes
Jonathan Thompson, DPM, Bob Baravarian, DPM 
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery 
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages (January 2011)
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2. Fig. 1
Complete Achilles tendon rupture with retraction and hematoma formation of the proximal end.
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3. Fig. 2 Sutured onlay graft around ruptured ends.
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4. Fig. 3 Open repair with tongue-and-groove lengthening procedure.
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5. Fig. 4 FHL tendon exposure with single incision approach.
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6. Fig. 5
FHL transferred to the calcaneus. Note that the low-lying muscle belly of FHL can be used to reinforce and provide vascularity to the repaired ruptured tendon.
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