A new model for repair of the Achilles tendon in the rat

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Black, David A ^a   Lindley, Sheila ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a   Lawyer, Tracye ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

achilles; Kessler; looped; rat; repair; suture; tendon; tsai

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE LOOP LOCKING TECHNIQUE; HEMATOMA; INFECTION; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; EARLY AMBULATION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80052164646     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: 15210553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939.2011.575915     Document Type: Article

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