Favorable outcome of percutaneous repair of achilles tendon ruptures in the elderly

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1039-1046

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a,d   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Ronga, Mario ^c   Khanna, Anil ^a   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77950506188     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-0944-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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