Early surgical repair of acute complete rupture of the proximal hamstring tendons

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-253

  Kwak, Ho Yoon ^a   Bae, Sang Wook ^a   Choi, Yun Sun ^a   Jang, Mun Suk ^a  

^a Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complete rupture; Proximal hamstring; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

ACUTE COMPLETE PROXIMAL HAMSTRING TENDON RUPTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; EXERCISE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; LIMB SWELLING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; THIGH; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052208514     PISSN: 2005291X     EISSN: 20054408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2011.3.3.249     Document Type: Article

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