Minimally invasive paratenon release for non-insertional achilles tendinopathy

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 680-685

  Naidu, Venunatha ^a   Abbassian, Ali ^a,b   Nielsen, Dominic ^a   Uppalapati, Raju ^a   Shetty, Anupkumar ^a  

^a Mayday University Hospital Orthopaedics ^*

^b MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Tendonopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INJECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON RELEASE; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650128814     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0680     Document Type: Article

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