Z-shortening of healed, elongated Achilles tendon rupture

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2087-2093

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Spiezia, Filippo ^b   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Campus Biomedico University ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEALING; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING; WOUND DRESSING; Z SHORTENING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84867841668     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1602-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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