Increasing incidence of acute Achilles tendon rupture and a noticeable decline in surgical treatment from 1994 to 2013. A nationwide registry study of 33,160 patients

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of acute Achilles tendon rupture in Denmark from 1994 to 2013 with focus on sex, age, geographical areas, seasonal variation and choice of treatment. Methods The National Patient Registry was retrospectively searched to find the numbe...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2016-12, Vol.24 (12), p.3730-3737
Main Authors: Ganestam, Ann, Kallemose, Thomas, Troelsen, Anders, Barfod, Kristoffer Weisskirchner
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achilles Tendon - injuries
Achilles Tendon - surgery
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ankle
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical medicine
Denmark - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Incidence
Knee
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Orthopedic Procedures - trends
Orthopedics
Patients
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Rupture - epidemiology
Rupture - surgery
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Sex Distribution
Surgery
Tendon Injuries - epidemiology
Tendon Injuries - surgery
Tendons
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of acute Achilles tendon rupture in Denmark from 1994 to 2013 with focus on sex, age, geographical areas, seasonal variation and choice of treatment. Methods The National Patient Registry was retrospectively searched to find the number of acute Achilles tendon rupture in Denmark during the time period of 1994–2013. Regional population data were retrieved from the services of Statistics Denmark. Results During the 20-year period, 33,160 ruptures occurred revealing a statistically significant increase in the incidence ( p  
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-015-3544-5