Unrecognized and untreated rupture of the achilles tendon - Operative treatment in cases of unstable scar tissue;Die nicht erkannte und unbehandelte achillessehnenruptur. Operative therapie bei insuffizienter narbe

Orthopade

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 816-823

  Lerch, K ^b   Caro, W ^c   Perlick, L ^c   Baer, W ^a   Schubert, T ^c   Grifka, J ^c  

^a Handchirurgie und Plastische Chir   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Flap plasty; Lower extremity; Neglected rupture; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEGLIGENCE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141447773     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-003-0470-x     Document Type: Article

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