Operative versus nonoperative management of acute achilles tendon rupture: Expected-value decision analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 783-790

  Kocher, Mininder S ^a,b,c   Bishop, Julius ^b   Marshall, Ryan ^a   Briggs, Karen K ^a   Hawkins, Richard J ^a  

^a STEADMAN HAWKINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036893494     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465020300060501     Document Type: Article

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