Technique and results of achilles tendon detachment and reconstruction for insertional achilles tendinosis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 677-684

  Wagner, Emilio ^a   Gould, John S ^b   Kneidel, Matthew ^c   Fleisig, Glen S ^c   Fowler, Rachel ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c South Carolina Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Suture Anchors; V Y Lengthening

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33748521581     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700904     Document Type: Article

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