Avoiding sural nerve injuries during percutaneous achilles tendon repair

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 793-798

  Majewski, Martin ^a   Rohrbach, Markus ^a   Czaja, Stephan ^a   Ochsner, Peter ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Liestal ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Percutaneous suture repair; Sural nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HANNOVER ACHILLES TENDON SCORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INCISION; SPORT; SURAL NERVE INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SURAL NERVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33646357261     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505283266     Document Type: Article

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