Tendon lengthening repair and early mobilization in treatment of neglected bilateral simultaneous traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-166

  Yilmaz, Cengiz ^a   Binnet, Mehmet S ^a   Narman, Sabri ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYINDIR HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Codivilla; Early motion; Quadriceps; Rupture; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY AMBULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0035349090     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670000187     Document Type: Article

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