"Mini-open" repair for acute achilles tendon ruptures

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-8

  Rippstein, Pascal ^a   Easley, Mark ^b  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

"Mini open" technique; Achilles tendon; Paratenon; Subcutaneous tissues

Indexed keywords

PARATENON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADHESION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MINI OPEN REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746659102     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132587-200603000-00003     Document Type: Review

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