Complications Associated with Uni-portal Endoscopic Gastrocnemius Recession in a Diabetic Patient Population: An Observational Case Series

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-70

  Roukis, Thomas S ^a   Schweinberger, Monica H ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; diabetes; equinus; foot deformity; gait

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE RESECTION; PES EQUINUS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOURNIQUET; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ANKLE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENDOSCOPY; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 73049090199     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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