Achilles tendon lengthening by triple hemisection in adult

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1017-1020

  Lee, Woo Chun ^a,b   Ko, Han Suk ^a  

^a Inje University ^*

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Achilles Tendon; Lengthening; Triple Hemisection

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOSIS; PES EQUINUS; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON LENGTHENING; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; Z PLASTY;

EID: 29144471920     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502601203     Document Type: Article

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