A clinical test to avoid sural nerve injuries in percutaneous Achilles tendon repairs

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 845-847

  Flavin, R ^a   Gibney, R G ^a   O'Rourke, S K ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Achilles; Clinical; Nerve; Percutaneous; Sural; Tendon; Test; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 34249946677     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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