Achilles tendon grafts are usually performed after the wound has healed to prevent poor healing or infection.
Achilles tendon grafting is an elective surgery to reconstruct the function of the Achilles tendon using autologous tendon or allogeneic tendon or artificial tendon. Therefore, if there is a localized wound, the risk of postoperative complications increases, so the Achilles tendon graft should be performed after the wound has completely healed.
When there is a wound, the surgical process may cause the local wound damage to be aggravated, and the local tissue or skin of the wound is prone to necrosis after surgery. Therefore, for such cases, the surgery is likely to lead to poor wound healing.
In addition, if the wound is connected to the outside world, there will be some bacterial infections, and the Achilles tendon graft at this time may lead to postoperative infections, so it is not recommended to perform Achilles tendon graft at this time.