Achilles tendon ruptures in South-East Finland between 1986-1996, with special reference to epidemiology, complications of surgery and hospital costs

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Nyyssonen T ^a   Luthje P ^a  

^a Kymenlaakson Sairaanhoitopiiri   (Finland)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Complications; Costs; Incidence; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; FINLAND; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPORT INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0033996144     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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