Free gracilis tendon graft in neglected tears of the achilles tendon

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 56-61

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Leadbetter, Wayne B ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Neglected Achilles tendon rupture; Reconstruction; Tendon autograft

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE GRACILIS TENDON GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RUPTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244406553     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000152714.05097.ef     Document Type: Article

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