Achilles tendon rupture: Surgical versus non-surgical treatment

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Lynch, Richard M ^a  

^a CAVAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Aetiology; Epidemiology; Functional early mobilisation; Review article

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FINLAND; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242668703     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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