Percutaneous Achilles tendon repair combined with real-time sonography

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-85

  Blankstein, Alexander ^a   Israeli, Amnon ^a   Dudkiewicz, Israel ^a   Chechik, Aharon ^a   Ganel, Avraham ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Repair; Ruptures; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; TISSUE INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847625925     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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