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Functional and MRI follow up after reconstruction of chronic ruptures of Achilles tendon Myerson's type III using the triple loop plantaris tendon wrapped with central turndown flap: case series. (Running title: new technique for Achilles tendon reconstruction)
Ahmed F. Sadek*1, Ezzat H. Fouly2, Mohammed A. Laklok3, Mohammed F. Amin4.
1: Lecturer of orthopaedic surgery, orthopaedic surgery department, Minia University Hospital, Minia, Egypt ? email: sadek_orthop@yahoo.com
2: Lecturer of orthopaedic surgery, orthopaedic surgery department, Minia University Hospital, Minia, Egypt ? email: ezatfoli2004@yahoo.com
3: assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery, orthopaedic surgery department, Minia University Hospital, Minia, Egypt ? email: m.laklok@yahoo.com
4: assistant professor of radiology, radiology department, Minia University Hospital, Minia, Egypt ? email: mohammed_amin37@yahoo.com
Corresponding author *:
Dr. Ahmed Fathy Sadek.
Lecturer
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The aim of preoperative MRI was: defining the diagnosis, assessing the size of the defect, and confirming the presence of plantaris tendon. The authors used a 1.5-T?MRI?system (Gyro scan Intera, Philips medical Systems, Netherlands) with a commercially available quadrature cervical spinal coil or knee coil. During?MRI, the patient lay in the supine position with the affected?Achilles?tendon?placed on the coil. The protocols were Sagittal and axial fat-suppressed spin-echo T1-weighted images (TR/TE, 660/17), axial, and sagittal fast spin-echo T2-weighted images (3,500/84). Axial images were obtained with a 4-mm section thickness, 2-mm gap, 15 ? 15 cm field of view, 256 ? 192 matrix, and 2 signals averaged. Sagittal images were obtained with a 3-mm section thickness, 1-mm gap, 15 ? 15 cm field of view, 256 ? 192 matrix, and 2 signals averaged. No contrast was