Surgical strategies: Delayed diagnosis or neglected achilles' tendon ruptures

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 456-463

  Den Hartog, Bryan D ^a,b  

^a Foot and Ankle Surgery ^*

^b Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Flexor hallucis; Gastrocenemius tendon turndown flap; Longus transfer

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; FASCIA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549096883     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0456     Document Type: Article

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