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Minimally invasive surgery for achilles tendon disorders in clinical practice / Nicola Maffuli, Mark Easley, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Achilles Tendon--surgery.
- Endoscopy.
- Achilles tendon--Endoscopic surgery.
- Achilles tendon.
- Endoscopic surgery.
- Medical Subjects:
- Achilles Tendon--surgery.
- Endoscopy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 80 pages) : illustrations (some color
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Springer, [2013]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Achilles Tendon Disorders in Clinical Practice is a collection of procedures presented by experts and pioneers in foot and ankle surgery who share an interest in developing less invasive methods of treating disorders of the foot and ankle. The rate of complications of traditional surgery is extremely high: in the management of tendinopathy, traditional techniques result in 10% of patients experiencing a complication related to skin healing. It is therefore not surprising that less invasive techniques have been advocated.This book will serve as an excellent pocket reference when repairing disorders of the Achilles and aimed general orthopedic surgeons and specialist who require a useful easy reference for these procedures.
- Contents:
- Endoscopic Assisted Percutaneous Achilles Tendon Repair
- Percutaneous Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures: The Maffulli Procedure
- Minimally Invasive Semitendinosus Tendon Graft Augmentation for Reconstruction of Chronic Tears of the Achilles Tendon
- Minimally Invasive Achilles Tendon Reconstruction Using the Peroneus Brevis Tendon Graft
- Free Hamstrings Tendon Transfer and Interference Screw Fixation for Less Invasive Reconstruction of Chronic Avulsions of the Achilles Tendon
- Percutaneous Longitudinal Tenotomies for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy
- Minimally Invasive Stripping for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Originally published as part of Minimally invasive surgery of the foot and ankle (ISBN 978-184996-417-3) in 2011."--t.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 9781447144984
- 1447144988
- OCLC:
- 822262765
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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