Endoscopy, assisted percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon ruptures: A cadaveric and clinical study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-133

  Turgut, Akin ^a   Günal, Izge ^b,d   Maralcan, Gökhan ^c   Kose, Nusret ^a   Göktürk, Erol ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Afyon Kocatepe Universitesi Rektorluk Ahmet Necdet Sezer Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon raptures; Endoscopy assisted; Percutaneous repair

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; TIME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CADAVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036513153     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-001-0258-7     Document Type: Article

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