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The current study aimed to analyze the outcome following revision surgery for surgically failed IAT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Included were patients with IAT revision surgery at a single reference center (01\/2010\u201310\/2016) and a follow-up of at least 12\u00a0months. Revision surgery was performed, whenever possible, through a midline incision transachillary approach\u00a0(MITA) with debridement of all pathologies present. The patient-rated outcome was assessed per the FFI (preoperative, final follow-up) and VISA-A-G (final follow-up). The aim was to evaluate the patient rated outcome following revision surgery for recurrent IAT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 24 eligible patients, 19 (79%) were included in the final follow-up. The mean follow-up duration was 4.6\u2009\u00b1\u20092.2\u00a0years. The FFI Overall improved from preoperatively 68\u2009\u00b1\u200919 to 14\u2009\u00b1\u200917 points (&lt;\u20090.001) at the final follow-up. The final VISA-A-G was 71\u2009\u00b1\u200928 points. 39%\/36% (FFI\/VISA-A-G) of patients reached patient-rated outcome scores comparable to a healthy reference population. No factors could be identified to influence the outcome significantly.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>IAT revision surgery results in an improvement of the patients\u2019 symptoms, but only one-third of the patients recover fully.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00402-024-05693-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,16]],"date-time":"2024-12-16T09:02:03Z","timestamp":1734339723000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Outcomes of Revision surgery for surgically treated insertional Achilles tendinopathy"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"145","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6151-5778","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hubert","family":"H\u00f6rterer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sonia","family":"Oppelt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kathrin","family":"Pfahl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Norbert","family":"Harrasser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wolfgang","family":"B\u00f6cker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hans","family":"Polzer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Markus","family":"Walther","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sebastian Felix","family":"Baumbach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"5693_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"933","DOI":"10.3113\/fai.2010.0933","volume":"31","author":"TA Irwin","year":"2010","unstructured":"Irwin TA (2010) Current concepts review: insertional achilles tendinopathy. 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