Strength Analysis and Comparison of the Teno Fix® Tendon Repair System with the Two-Strand Modified Kessler Repair in the Achilles Tendon

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 857-860

  Lewis, Nicky ^a,b   Matthew Quitkin, H ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Ortheon Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles Rupture; Modified Kessler; Teno Fix

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DATA ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON REPAIR SYSTEM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TWO STRAND MODIFIED KESSLER REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0344877219     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302401109     Document Type: Article

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