%0 Journal Article %T A novel modification of Bosworth's technique to repair zone I Achilles tendon ruptures %A Avadhanam Pavan Kumar %A Raviprakash Shashikiran %A Choulapalle Raghuram %J Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology %@ 1590-9999 %D 2013 %I %R 10.1007/s10195-012-0222-y %X Our technique is ideally suited to zone I ruptures (where no distal stump is available for repair) and ruptures in zone II where end-to-end repair is not possible. %K Achilles tendon %K Chronic rupture %K Strip of the gastrocnemius aponeurosis %K Zone I ruptures %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10195-012-0222-y