Percutaneous suturing of the ruptured Achilles tendon with endoscopic control

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1093-1101

  Doral, Mahmut Nedim ^a   Bozkurt, Murat ^b   Turhan, Egemen ^c   Ayvaz, Mehmet ^a   Atay, Ǒzgür Ahmet ^a   Üzümcügil, Akin ^a   Leblebicioǧlu, Gürsel ^a   Kaya, Defne ^a   Aydoǧ, Tolga ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Endoscopy control; Percutaneous repair; Surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; SYNOVIUM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 67649989190     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0880-2     Document Type: Article

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