Percutaneous repair of ruptured Achilles tendon

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 613-618

  McClelland, D ^a   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Percutaneous repair

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SPORT; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RUPTURE;

EID: 0036695989     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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