Percutaneous suturing of the ruptured Achilles tendon under local anesthesia

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 72-81

  Čretnik, Andrej ^a   Kosanović, Miloš ^b   Smrkolj, Vladimir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; local anesthesia; percutaneous repair; tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; NEURITIS; PERCUTANEOUS SUTURING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURAL NERVE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; ACHILLES TENDON; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 2942739106     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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