Results of Accelerated Postoperative Rehabilitation Using Novel "Suture Frame" Repair of Achilles Tendon Rupture

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-151

  Talbot, Joseph C ^a   Williams, Gary T ^a   Bismil, Quamar ^a   Shaw, David L ^a   Schilders, Ernest ^a  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle; Injury; Outcome; Physiotherapy; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE;

ACHILLES RUPTURE REPAIR SCORE; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY ANKLE HINDFOOT SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYDIOXANONE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84856771464     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.10.045     Document Type: Article

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