The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy on the use of VersaWrap® in surgery of the foot and ankle. VersaWrap is designed to allow tendon gliding and to protect tendon gliding postoperatively
This is a prospective, multi-center, controlled case series evaluating the use of VersaWrap in surgeries of the foot and ankle. Patients identified by the Investigator in his practice as needing surgery for an Achilles primary or elective insertional repair and meeting all the inclusion and none of the exclusion. Patients will consent to participating in the study, prior to any study procedures.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
VersaWrap is applied to the affected tendon to allow post-operative gliding.
UC Davis Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics Clinic
Sacramento, California, United States
Rothman Orthopaedics Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Skin Excursion
Skin excursion will be measured by examining the movement that is regularly repeated in a portion of involved skin in comparison to movement of the skin in the peroneal region of the contralateral foot. A ruler will be utilized to measure the up and down movement at the center of the skin excision, to determine the exact amount of excursion of the center of the wound.
Time frame: 12 months post surgery
Range of Motion (ROM)
Standing dorsi- and plantarflexion of the affected and contralateral ankle will be measured using a handheld goniometer, referencing the long axis of the fibula and fifth metatarsal shaft. Both passive and active range of motion will be captured. The greater the ROM the better the outcome.
Time frame: 12 months post surgery
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