Stage IV Posterior Tibial Tendon Rupture

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-362

  Bluman, Eric M ^a,b   Myerson, Mark S ^c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHRODESIS; CLASSIFICATION; FOOT; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; REVIEW; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FOOT JOINTS; HUMANS; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34249886300     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2007.03.004     Document Type: Review

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