Risk of neurovascular injuries in flexor hallucis longus tendon transfers: An anatomic cadaver study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 910-915

  Mulier, Tom ^a,b   Rummens, Elise ^a   Dereymaeker, Greta ^a  

^a Regionaal Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart Tienen   (Belgium)

^b Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic achilles tendinopathy; Flexor hallucis longus; Posterior tibial tendon insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; NERVE INJURY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON DYSFUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CADAVER; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 34547699020     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0910     Document Type: Article

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