Chronic achilles tendon repair with flexor hallucis longus tendon harvested using a minimally invasive technique

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-129

  Panchbhavi, Vinod Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Chronic tear; Flexor hallucis longus; Rupture; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34249992595     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/btf.0b013e318031fd04     Document Type: Review

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