Free gracilis tendon graft for reconstruction of chronic tears of the Achilles tendon

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 906-910

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Spiezia, Filippo ^b   Testa, Vittorino ^c   Capasso, Giovanni ^d   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c Olympic Center   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE GRACILIS TENDON GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84863698303     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00869     Document Type: Article

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