Tibialis posterior transfer for the correction of foot drop in leprosy: Long-term outcome

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-62

  Soares, D ^a  

^a Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; GAIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; RECURRENCE; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 0030051170     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b1.0780061     Document Type: Article

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