Benefits

  • No need to immobilise the leg in a cast postoperatively, allowing for early rehabilitation
  • Partial weight bearing and early mobilisation of the leg in the immediate postoperative phase helps retain muscle bulk and strength
  • Fast return to activities of daily living, retaining independence

AchilloCordPLUS™ System

The AchilloCordPLUS is a densely woven flexible tubular structure, 5 mm in diameter and 800 mm in length. Both ends of the device are flat, allowing it to be threaded easily through the eye of a probe, which is used to pull it through soft tissue and bone tunnels.

  1. The technique is performed through six stab incisions and a small posteromedial incision
  2. Distal fixation is provided by threading the AchilloCord<sup>PLUS</sup> through a small (3.2 mm diameter) bone tunnel in the os calcis, followed by a single pass in the distal tendon
  3. Proximal fixation is provided by threading the AchilloCord<sup>PLUS</sup> in a figure of eight through the proximal tendon stump
  4. The AchilloCord<sup>PLUS</sup> is tied with a knot at the site of the rupture. The ends of the tendon are sutured together over the knot, so that the knot remains buried in the tissue
 

The AchilloCordPLUS is indicated for patients with acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon, but is particularly suited to patients where an extended period of postoperative immobilisation is undesirable.

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Instructions for Use

AchilloCordPLUS System Implant Set, includes:

  • AchilloCordPLUS, 5 mm x 800 mm (supplied sterile)

Packaged with the following disposables:

  • Rigid Probe with eye, stainless steel, 20 cm (supplied sterile)
  • Drill Bit, plain shank to fit Jacobs Chuck, 3.2 mm diameter (supplied sterile)
  • 102-1142 AchilloCordPLUS System Implant Set
  • 202-3023 Rigid Probe
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