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Achilles Tendon Repair

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Position : Prone, arms extended and flexed (superman)
Time : 1-2 hours (average)
Blood Loss : Low (10-50 ml)
Maintenance Paralytic : Yes
Blocks : Popliteal
Considerations : Tourniquet, Central line

Anesthetic Approaches

1GETT, Nerve Block
The Surgery

There are two main types of Achilles tendon repair surgical techniques: open or percutaneous. In either technique the main objective is to sew the broken ligament back together.

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