Endoscopic gastrocnemius recession: Preliminary report on 18 cases

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 302-306

  Saxena, Amol ^a   Widtfeldt, Arthur ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles; endoscopic; equinus; gastrocnemius; lengthening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSESTHESIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5044223786     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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