Percutaneous repair of acute rupture of achilles tendon

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Young, J ^a   Sayana, M K ^a   McClelland, D ^a   Maffulli, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Percutaneous repair

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS TENDON REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN INCISION; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 33746643839     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132587-200603000-00004     Document Type: Review

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