Surgical treatment of insertional Achilles tendinosis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-121

  Calder, J D F ^b   Saxby, Terence S ^a  

^a Arnold Janssen Centre   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achilles Tendon; Orthopaedics; Tendinitis, Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON LESION; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037319818     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302400203     Document Type: Article

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