Percutaneous Achilles tendon lengthening: A cadaver-based study of failure of the triple hemisection technique

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 808-812

  Hoefnagels, Eva M ^a,b   Waites, Matthew D ^a   Belkoff, Stephen M ^a   Swierstra, Bart A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 38749106590     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710014590     Document Type: Article

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