Morbidity Associated With High Gastrocnemius Recession: Retrospective Review of 126 Cases

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 156-160

  Rush, Shannon M ^a   Ford, Lawrence A ^a   Hamilton, Graham A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Achilles tendon lengthening; equinus deformity; gastrocnemius recession

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORBIDITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646153779     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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