Achilles tendinoscopy and plantaris tendon release and division in the treatment of non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-127

  Pearce, Christopher J ^a   Carmichael, James ^b   Calder, James D ^b  

^a Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles; Endoscopic; Non insertional; Tendinopathy; Tendinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDINOSCOPY; ADULT; AMERICAN ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY HINDFOOT SCORE; ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NON INSERTIONAL ACHILLES TENDINITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PLANTARIS TENDON DIVISION; PLANTARIS TENDON RELEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDINOPATHY; TENOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858753383     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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