Local flap coverage for soft tissue defects following open repair of achilles tendon rupture

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Kumta, S M ^a   Maffulli, N ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MUSCLE FLAP; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037294409     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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