Outcomes and complications of operative versus non-operative treatment of acute Achilles tendon rupture: A meta-analysis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4050-4055

  Zhao, Hong Mou ^a   Yu, Guang Rong ^a   Yang, Yun Feng ^a   Zhou, Jia Qian ^a   Aubeeluck, Ashwin ^a  

^a TONGJI HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon injury; Complication; Conservative; Meta analysis; Operation

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOKINETIC PLANTAR FLEXION STRENGTH DEFICIT; JOINT LIMITATION; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; RETURN TO WORK TIME; REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RERUPTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862923520     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.23.038     Document Type: Review

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