Endoscopic surgery of the Achilles tendon

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-163

  Phisitkul, Phinit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles; Achilles tendon rupture; Calcaneoplasty; Endoscopy; Equinus contracture; Foot and ankle; Gastrocnemius recession; Musculoskeletal; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT ANGLE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOOT MALFORMATION; HAGLUND SYNDROME; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDON SURGERY; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84864837798     PISSN: 1935973X     EISSN: 19359748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12178-012-9115-1     Document Type: Article

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