Surgical interventions for treating acute Achilles tendon rupture: Key findings from a recent cochrane review

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Matthew P ^a   Khan, Riaz J K ^b   Carey Smith, Richard L ^c  

^a HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPLINTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE ADHESION;

EID: 84863586505     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01829     Document Type: Article

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