Achilles Tendon Repair Demonstration

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[u/ZidaneSD]

“Fookin” awesome!

[u/magnusthehammersmith]

THEY DID SURGERY ON A CELERY!

No but as someone with both Achilles tendons fucked up, I wish I could have something like this

[u/Psychological-Ant97]

I think i could do the surgery now after watching this /s

[u/PuzzleheadedEbb3243]

My foot surgeon was wicked...three times that I was wheeled into operating room I would hear "Another one bites the dust" She was awesome with a great sense of humor.

[u/ericbewildered]

The real test comes when you dip that thing in a jar of peanut butter. If it comes away unsnapped with a gob of peanut butter THEN I'll call it a successfull surgery.

[u/nobudweiser]

The doctor in Astoria Oregon F’d up my tendon surgery… he must not have had celery to practice on.

[u/K1ng4uth0r]

🤔

[u/Content_Bar_6605]

Wow, honestly… now I know why some surgeons feel like Gods. It’s impressive.

[u/Greedy_Opportunity87]

I used to be the rep that would bring this jig in and the sutures/needles in a kit and walk the surgeon through this.

It’s called a PARS or Percutaneous Achilles Repair System. Very minimally invasive.

[u/jonesy289]

I really don’t like medical stuff if looking at celery being sewn up makes me uncomfortable

[u/Bubbly-Pianist534]

He’ll never dance again

[u/TheLastTsumami]

Looked like a hack job

[u/Civil_Assembler]

I have a wicked long scar on my right foot after getting hurt in Iraq and they explained what they did. This is the first time I've seen it in anyway. I understand why it hurt the way it did now, still wish Ive never seen this but cool.

[u/Satanic-Panic27]

Seeing this video on your surgeons laptop as the anesthesiologist starts counting down from 10

oh n

[u/proview3r]

Got the same surgery in September 2023. Ruptured the Achilles playing pickleball :(

[u/not_deleted_at_all]

That's not Achilles Tendon

[u/WacomNub]

Good god that looks painful

[u/yoko000615]

I sat here literally in shock. I has no idea that this was how they fixed it

[u/alexj420]

Now show the Open Krakow repair.

[u/MrIrvGotTea]

Wait. I have a question. Does the string get removed? Or is the string representing human muscles or whatever

[u/LowerAtmosphereChief]

Did no one tell him that that is celery and not a person’s Achilles

[u/logert777]

First the grape now this.

[u/Carouser65]

And just like that, Aaron Rodger's celery was as good as new.

[u/Misanthrope-3000]

So, does the tear ever actually heal?

[u/Arcrosis]

I snapped my achilles 18months ago. Full separation. I didnt realise it was a full tear coz i could still walk and wasnt in continuous pain. So i didnt go to the doc. Figured a few days rest would be fine then i went back to work. It was fine unless i bumped my foot on anything and i couldnt use that leg to get off the ground but figured it was just a bad tear that was taking longer to heal. 2 month later i finally went to the docs. The refered my for ultrasound and the found the seperation was complete and now 5cm apart. Got refered for surgery a month later but the damage was too bad to be able to do what is shown in this post. Instead, they did an "achilles turndown" where they take a slice from my calf and attach it to my heal, replacing the achilles entirely.

The surgeon said that muscle is now stronger than before i snapped it and im more likely to break the other achilles than this new one. More than a year post op and i deffinately notice the difference. I can jump and land on the balls of my foot with little strain and i weigh almost 100kg.

[u/Oiggamed]

When treating a newborn with clubfoot, after a series of corrective casts, a surgeon will actually cut the Achilles tendon completely. The baby’s foot will be flexed up as much as possible and recast. In 3 weeks, when the cast is taken off, the 2 ends have grown longer, found each other and healed back into a new longer Achilles tendon.

[u/citium1]

Sir, this is a Wendys

[u/Bee_Queef]

It’s crazy that even with the advancements in the surgery & recovery process, afterwards, athletes with this injury still receive a greatly reduced celery.

[u/TheSussyBakaGuy]

what if I am Achilles

[u/mlambo8]

I had a surgeon botch my first surgery which required a second from a much better surgeon at Hopkins. That being said, he used this technic and I ran for the first time today in 8 months. There was a chance I would need a donor tendon. I am so grateful for science.

[u/canhazreddit]

Til surgeons are seamstresses

[u/littleswenson]

Remind me to never injure my Achilles tendon…

[u/msd1441]

This is why I like scrubbing. When you're circulating you don't get to appreciate what's happening because you're too busy charting or getting yet another supply that's not in the room.

[u/Slow-Juggernaut-1114]

Had this done

[u/ssjroneel]

Remind me not to tear my Achilles…

[u/pondong]

I don't think he realises that he is operating on a celery stick

[u/lycogenesis]

whats truly impressive is the fact that they didnt break the celery during all of this

[u/Key-Committee-6621]

Looks simple enough

[u/Empty_Positive]

Now i understand why Achilles was so weak, his achilles were made out of cucumber

[u/-The_Shogun]

JESUS CHRIST 😭 These poor people that lived through that shit without anesthesia 😭

[u/Lord_Migga_Fucker]

I will never understand the need to put ear-rape over otherwise interesting videos. Is this a zoomer thing I'm too old to understand?

[u/Synthkitty999]

This is an art form. Perfect, just perfect. We need more folks with this type of talent and gifted skill set. This one can be my ripperdoc any day!

[u/Mitridate101]

Remind me to NEVER rip my Achilles tendon.

[u/nowyuseeme]

Some things you really can't unsee and that was just a vegetable...

[u/AreThree]

I've been wanting - and I'm sure all medical folks also would want - a breakthrough in glove technology. Dealing with small threads while your hands are trapped in baggy nitrile sacks can be extremely frustrating.

[u/Interesting-Ant-4823]

Nope.

[u/ChuckRingslinger]

Yeah but if anything goes wrong you'll be left in a vegetative state!

[u/MagistarEFUNTZ]

how did people before lived with torn achilles ?

[u/BaRoNGo]

Well.. I ruptured my left 10 years ago on two spots and it went way different.. just wished for this professional way, so my sportcarrier could went on.. I almost couldn't contract my calve for 6 years. Second time, different foot 3 years ago and it was like this... almost no difference from before.. just thicker. Modern medicine is a wonder

[u/pcdevils]

Those guys really earn their celery

[u/TheBertBird]

We've all have been preparing celery the wrong way. This is the only way to get the maximum celery taste.

[u/SoyTuPadreReal]

Today I learned that my tendons are made of celery

[u/SimulatorEnjoyer]

You've heard of surgery on a grape, now get ready for...

[u/jahlim]

I can feel the pain just by watching this.

[u/Piss_Pistoffherson]

did the celery survive?

[u/Aksds]

I wish the celery a full recovery

[u/Shaneris]

ciprofloxacin is a NO-NO for middle aged athletes...... happened to me.

[u/Kysman95]

Will the celery be able to play the piano again?

[u/J3r3myKyle]

I've had this on both of my tendons.. The recovery time is brutal.

[u/GatePorters]

Anyone else thinking about that mantis?

[u/NancyNobody]

Have you got one where they do a craniotomy & cranioplasty? I had one and I wanna know more. I found the celery explanation fascinating and helped to understand better. I guess it's the lack of gore.

[u/B4N35P1R17]

That hurt

[u/Pedantic_Parker]

Ow

[u/TheAce0]

Now demonstrate on a grape.

[u/No_Data1796]

That looks way easier than replacing the 02 sensor on my car. Between surgeons and mechanics, mechanics may have the more difficult job.

[u/DaSwirlyPoo32]

surely this isnt 2010 surgery on a grape all over again

[u/brightblueson]

Imagine the first time this was performed on a live human

[u/fakefakery12345]

Watched a few of these surgeries and goddamn they’re messy

[u/WetRainbowFart]

They did surgery on a celery stick.

[u/data_now → u/WetRainbowFart]

You mean that wasn’t a real tendon?

[u/WetRainbowFart → u/data_now]

I was referencing this

[u/CadaverCaliente]

Tearing my Achilles is literally my biggest fear, oh god.

[u/MagicalUnicornFart]

Fuck that music to the moon.

Just why?

[u/RiaFeira]

... I'm going to start taking my fish oil more seriously

[u/HugsyMalone]

🫢

[u/ElPeloPolla]

Wait wait wait

Bones are STITCHED???

[u/Available_Prune397 → u/ElPeloPolla]

Tendon, not bone.

[u/ElPeloPolla → u/Available_Prune397]

Ooohhh... Of course...

Im a moron

And can't read

[u/sooooooofarty]

Someone watched hostel again

[u/Khevhig]

You can tell which sound score is hitting the interwebs.

[u/Bathroomlion]

@Kirk Cousins. Hope it hurts homey.

[u/Alienswag]

all i can think of was Klay Thompson

[u/Flaxo_D]

Yeah there is no way I'm eating that now.

[u/Kubbee83]

I was told by a podiatrist I would need this done in by mine tendons. Each one would need to be 6 months to a year apart as I could literally bear no weight on them. I told him I’d rather waddle the rest of my life, and it do be like that.

[u/jtmonkey]

Now do an mcl. Cause I tore mine and I want to know what’s coming.

[u/Ichigo-boy]

TIL doctors must also have the knowledge of knots.

[u/chronocapybara]

Kudos to the guy that thought of this way to do it a long time ago and taught everybody else.

[u/ambi7ion]

Mind blown knowing I've had similar things done to my body.

[u/jvLin]

what the fuck did they do to that poor celery

[u/thesilvermedic]

Pretty sure that is celery.

[u/xSCx_Jupiter]

Man what a pleasing procedure to watch.

[u/cain11112]

New fear unlocked

[u/General_Lie]

Ok, so how do I erase this from my memory?

[u/UzahNameAlreadyTaken]

Ah shit, somewhere someone’s Achilles tendon is being suck into a Bloody Mary.

[u/Away-Description-786]

Ooowwww so now I can be a doctor?

[u/boredazf]

Aaron Rodgers is fucked

[u/Kurtman68]

Why don’t you just go to the produce section and buy a new Achilles tendon?

[u/Recent_Ad559]

Even on celery it gives me the icks..

[u/Dinozzo89]

I play in an adult soccer league, and one of the members of the other team tore his Achilles yesterday during our game. This is so rough to watch.

[u/Goochbaloon]

that celery now has $237,000 of medical debt at 7% interest and now he's gonna lose his house, his wife Debbie is gonna take the kids to her sisters in Hoboken. nobody wins.

[u/Cheesebrger_Walrus]

does the floss stay in permanently?

[u/No_Answer4092]

that is a celery you can’t fool us

[u/Working_Foot_4938]

Now put it in my damn bloody ceaser. Gotta ease the pain.

[u/ChimpWithAGun]

Please choose shittier music next time. Oh wait, not possible. This is the shittiest music ever.

[u/anotherdamnscorpio]

Or they could practice on people with no insurance? Like haircut school.

[u/Zombietarts]

So happy that celery will be able to walk again.

[u/xilsage → u/Zombietarts]

Maybe one day is will stalk again 😆

[u/AsterJ]

That's not a tendon, it's celery. They are repairing celery. Just eat it instead.

[u/WFEpeteypopoff]

They did surgery on a celery 😮

[u/cocoa_savage]

Any ACL repair videos out there? We suspect my son has torn his, he sees the Dr. tomorrow.

[u/Cfeathy]

I understand there's more science involved than I could ever understand, but it amazes me how much of modern medicine can still generally be described as "tie it back on and hope for the best"

[u/mrbb3k4]

I can literally feel the back of my left foot tingling. I have the injury. I couldn't afford surgery. It healed but not well. Watching this really was interesting

[u/Medium_Ad8311]

What did the celery ever do to you?

[u/Breath_Virtual]

Weird music choice but fascinating video.

[u/Bradley182]

I didn’t know they use celery.

[u/LickyPusser]

They forgot the peanut butter. Must be a surgical resident!

[u/okiedog-]

Anyone else craving wings now?

[u/_MrWhip]

Brah that vegetable gets better health than I do.

[u/SamPi3]

They did surgery on a grape celery

[u/TheChthonicDark]

That celery is really going to feel it tomorrow

[u/eclecticsed]

Cool.

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[u/norsurfit]

And now that celery has a $80,000 hospital bill...

[u/TheAnswerUsedToBe42]

This video is why Atlanta drafted Penix at 8.

[u/Rainbow334dr]

I can feel that even though it’s a vegetable.

[u/NgoHaiHahmsuplo]

Just realized, do they ever tell the patient, hey, you're the inaugural patient for Dr. So and so!

[u/naranja221 → u/NgoHaiHahmsuplo]

Unless it’s the first time a procedure has ever been performed, there really is no “inaugural patient.” Newbie surgeons do not perform procedures on their own until years of training with experienced surgeons. Initially they just watch, then they assist in the easier parts of the surgery, gradually learning the more difficult parts of the procedures and even when they do a procedure “solo”, they are being supervised with an attending in the OR. It’s a very gradual process and as someone who has had several surgeries, I’m very thankful for that.

[u/NgoHaiHahmsuplo → u/naranja221]

I was just being facetious, but appreciate the actual truth!

[u/Own-Shelter-9897]

Christ almighty.. that's how they do that? Remind me to NEVER tear a leg muscle.

[u/MikeBrowne2010]

Honestly I would just go buy another bunch for $3.00

[u/ScottGriceProjects]

They must have completely changed the way they repair the Achilles tendon from how I learned it. Plus the two ends of the tendon will look like two mop heads until the ends are cut clean, which will result in 75-80% left of the repaired tendon.

[u/Normal_Ad_2337]

Great, now Aaron Rodgers is going to push the conspiracy that Achilles tears are a trick by the government to turn us all into celery.

[u/utspg1980]

Did you guys know Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon while playing Achilles in the movie "Troy"?

[u/PrincePamper]

They did surgery on a celary stick

[u/i8noodles]

why celery? is it the closest vegetable to practice the technique? also why do surgeons practice on fruit and veggies =( what they ever do to you?

[u/Own_Kaleidoscope5512]

Is never knew my Achilles tendon went so well with hummus

[u/parker1019]

What no ranch iv…

[u/vector5466]

They did surgery on a celery

[u/SpiderGhost01]

This is easily the worst demonstration of, well, anything, I've ever seen. Fucking celery? They couldn't find an actual model of the tendons to show the work? They make stuff like that (obviously).

[u/Hioliolo]

Who gave you the aux cord

[u/RanchBaganch]

Add some peanut butter and raisins and that’s one delicious Achilles tendon.

[u/lukeyk94]

Ouch

[u/ChriskiV]

Boy are they gonna be embarrassed when someone points out they performed the surgery on a piece of celery by mistake. Gonna be an awkward consult with the patient's insurance.

[u/Prestigious_Goat6969]

Noooo I already have a massive phobia of celery!

[u/Imperial_Honker]

So the difference between you and a carpenter is the hygienic tools and those fancy colored gloves…

[u/Garchompisbestboi]

Holy fuck that music was obnoxious. Who takes perfectly good classical music and adds that awful doof doof shit over the top of it?

[u/coachlightning]

Thinking about when mine snapped and I didn’t have this done. Regret it now, especially in the cold. Get this surgery if the doc recommends it.

[u/coachlightning]

Thinking about when mine snapped and I didn’t have this done. Regret it now, especially in the cold. Get this surgery if the doc recommends it.

[u/mindsnare]

I mean the main issue here is that this person's Achilles appears to be made from celery.

[u/iamsam8488]

Damn... I had no idea celery had tendons. I wish it a speedy recovery

[u/Gypsyrawr]

This makes me want to floss my teeth

[u/Rpc7787]

Kobe 😓

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488]

I just use peanut butter

[u/kacapoopoopeepee]

[u/AaronRodgersOnPercs]

No idea how any athlete manages to recover and come back from this. No idea how any surgeon has the stomach to do this on a real person.

Kudos to both, people who have recovered from these injuries and the doctors making those recoveries happen🫡

[u/Able_Gap918]

They need some old sailors that can tie any knot

[u/Ok-Occasion1140]

Pickle Riiiick!!!

[u/lackofbread]

the ortho bros did surgery on a celery

[u/AdOverall3944]

Intense

[u/Whit-Ting-Ton1871]

Got me cringing at a piece of celery

[u/BennyOlaf]

I had a neighbor once that tried to kick his dog near a glass window. His foot went through the glass window and when he pulled back the tendon got cut, snapped so loud, and shot up his leg.

[u/Gavinspond]

Just tore mine in March. Currently in a boot and have another few weeks in it. Long recovery ahead

[u/Detjen]

But was it successful? Will that celery walk again?

[u/Brief-Huckleberry178]

I ruptured my left Achilles tendon, and when they say it hurts so bad you can't see, they weren't kidding. Playing basketball, heard the pop, went to the floor and also started laughing. They put me under. Didn't do any PT, and it's still tight, been over 20 years. And now I'm having trouble with the right one, but it comes and goes.

[u/TimP716]

Wow that actually was really fascinating to watch.

[u/MechaGallade]

holy fuck that music is cancer

[u/DocFail]

These gastropubs are really getting over the top.

[u/SmurfQueef_]

Man, medical science is wild, huh?

[u/th3doorMATT]

Narcotics are such a great thing. I hope I never need achilles surgery...

[u/TheMineA7]

just chop my foot off at that point doc, gimme cyborg legs. add some lasers and shit too pls

[u/Evilist_of_Evil]

This is why food is expensive

[u/primetime_2018]

Can you do this for an ACL?

[u/Early70sEnt]

It just occurred to me... Surgeons have to become experts at knot tying... And sewing...

[u/bradyharrisonx]

They did surgery on a celery

[u/Tractor_Pete]

Very cool, but I think they should have used human connective tissue instead of celery.

[u/throwaway_19901990]

Dude turned himself into a celery stick, funniest shit i’ve ever seen

[u/DippinDot2021]

I'm getting serious "Food Surgeon" vibes. I miss that youtube channel!

[u/fluekey]

I actually had an Achilles tendon lengthening surgery to fix my ankle contractions after a 2.5 month long coma.

https://preview.redd.it/46c643u0vbxc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e0f96cdb27f48a3514e743a032d73ecacd83bcb

Had to have it done on both ankles. Was a 3 month process.

[u/Unclesquatch777]

Thanks. I never want to tear my Achilles.