The arterial anatomy of the Achilles tendon: Anatomical study and clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-385

  Chen, Tony M ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^a   Pan, Wei Ren ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Richardson, Martin D ^a   Taylor, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Anatomy; Heel; Leg; Orthopaedic surgery; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTERIES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 65349096836     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20758     Document Type: Article

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