Achilles Tendon Repair

This animation illustrates the repair of a torn Achilles tendon, using threads anchored to the calcaneus. An incision is made through the skin above the tear, to allow access to the torn filaments of the tendon. The damaged portion of the superior part of the Achilles tendon is accessed through the incision and pulled tight using forceps. Threads are then passed through the body of the tendon which are collected and pulled out through the incision. Holes are drilled in the calcaneus, the threads are then passed through the substance of the inferior part of the torn tendon, and anchored into the calcaneus, using screws.

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[Lord_OTD]

Huge respect for athletes who come back after experiencing this.

[shayorshayorshayor]

All these videos make me feel soo fragile

[WRLDOfSad]

Moral : don't even accidentally tear your Achilles tendon

[soldier]

Makes me feel like a glass pane held together by duct tape and hope 💀

[metalflameful]

My dad tore his by just running to the truck to take my mom to the hospital for kidney stones and ironically they both ended up having to go.

[jasonramos]

My everything hurts just by watching these

[sinankaragoz]

Imagine a doctor is watching this while doing the surgery.

[dragonare]

Everytime I see the skin getting cut

It makes me flinch on that same area

[balaurpopescu]

As a child I was crazy, one summer day I was out with my friends, I was in shorts and slippers. In the staircase of the building where i live there was a window broken in half, I couldn't bear to see it like that and I decided to break it... I break myself, when I took my foot out, a sharp corner of the window penetrated my Achilles tendon, when I saw a lot of blood I faint, I woke up in the ambulance. The doctors at the hospital nicknamed me "Achilles' Tendon" lol. The recovery took about 3 months, after 18 years it is still swollen but there is no pain and I had no problems

[adityasingh]

Doc: intresting
Me: pain
My foot: RIP in advance

[paxtoon]

“Look who fell asleep first”
*“Prank em John”*

[mishabm]

I will be always amazed by how our bones are capable of functioning as base for metal screws.

[uglyburrito_]

When you're the first one to fall asleep at the sleepover

[g_oe]

*Me at the sleepover* : Hey guys, my feet kinda hurt, let me just go sleep first
*Also me next morning* : No way my feet is back to normal

[dsantiago]

Just imagine, it’s a few seconds before they put you to sleep and the last thing you see is the doctor looking up a tutorial for the procedure on youtube...

[igxniisan]

All people here: _We are so fragile..._

Eddie Hall: *Hold my 462 Kg dead lift..*

[Kevin-Hdz]

Amazing how Achilles name will be immortalized/ or at least be remembered since it’s a part our bodies
💯

[dimaisatree]

The definition of “that looks painful”

[BRUNOR]

I cant explain how painful my brain made it feel when i imagined myself getting my tendon ripped

[lennonbabicz]

Nobody:
My foot for *no reason* while watching this: *pain intensifies*