Mini-invasive surgical repair of the Achilles tendon-does it reduce post-operative morbidity?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Bhattacharyya, Mayukh ^a   Gerber, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; NURSING; ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 59449089451     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-008-0564-5     Document Type: Article

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