Minimally invasive repair of acute Achilles tendon ruptures with Achillon device

Musculoskeletal Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Valente, Maurizio ^a   Crucil, Marina ^a   Alecci, Vincenzo ^a   Frezza, Giovanni ^b  

^a Ospedale San Polo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Achillon; Minimally invasive; Surgical procedure; Suture technique

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SPORT; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SOCCER; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867888178     PISSN: 20355106     EISSN: 20355114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12306-011-0158-z     Document Type: Article

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