Effect of complications after minimally invasive surgical repair of acute achilles tendon ruptures: Report on 211 cases

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 820-824

  Metz, Roderik ^a,d   Van Der Heijden, Geert J M G ^b   Verleisdonk, Egbert Jan M M ^b   Kolfschoten, Nicky ^b   Verhofstad, Michiel H J ^c   Van Der Werken, Christiaan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; complications; long term outcome; surgery

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUPTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RUPTURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954507280     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510392012     Document Type: Article

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