Results of surgical versus non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 370-373

  Van Der Linden Van Der Zwaag, Henrica M J ^a   Nelissen, Rob G H H ^a   Sintenie, Jan B ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINTING; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE;

EID: 12144259239     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-004-0575-9     Document Type: Article

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