Achilles Tendon Reattachment after Surgical Treatment of Insertional Tendinosis Using the Suture Bridge Technique: A Case Series

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-493

  Witt, Bryan L ^a   Hyer, Christopher F ^b  

^a Doctors Hospital   (United States)

^b Advanced Foot and Ankle Surgical Fellowship   (United States)

Author keywords

4; Ankle; Calcaneus; Collagen; Haglund's triad; Heel pain; Surgery; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON REATTACHMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; INTRATENDINOUS CALCIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE BRIDGE TECHNIQUE; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON TEARING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; CALCANEUS; EXOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84862661042     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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