Ultrasonographic evaluation of achilles tendon repair after percutaneous sectioning for the correction of congenital clubfoot residual equinus

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 804-810

  Maranho, Daniel A C ^a,b   Nogueira Barbosa, Marcello H ^a   Simão, Marcelo N ^a   Volpon, Jose B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pediatric Orthopaedic Division   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Clubfoot; Foot deformities; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349693612     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b76a5f     Document Type: Article

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