Clinical and functional results of open operative repair for Achilles tendon rupture in a non-specialist surgical unit

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 753-762

  Coutts, A ^a,b   MacGregor, A ^a,b   Gibson, J ^a,b   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lerwick   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Longterm follow up; Rupture; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; THICKNESS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036947815     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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