Tendo Achillis rupture; Surgical repair is a safe option

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 489-491

  Mellor, S J ^a   Patterson, M H ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANETHIDINE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE;

EID: 0034285183     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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