Minimally invasive stripping for chronic achilles tendinopathy

Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 455-459

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Ramamurthy, Chandrusekar ^c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

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EID: 84892833538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84996-417-3_37     Document Type: Chapter

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