The management of chronic achilles tendon ruptures: Gastrocnemius turn down flap with or without flexor hallucis longus transfer

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-156

  Mulier, Thomas ^a   Pienaar, Hanani ^a   Dereymaeker, Greta ^b   Reynders, Piet ^b   Broos, Paul ^b  

^a Regionaal Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart Tienen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Flexor hallucis longus; Turn down flap

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0141621239     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1268-7731(03)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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