Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 132-135 , 2007

Management of acute tendo Achillis ruptures

  • Adam Ajis

      Affiliations

    • S0R Trauma & Orthopaedics Queen's Hospital, Belvedere Road, Bisrton-on-Trent, DE13 ORB, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Nicola Maffulli

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, Staffs ST4 8FB, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, North Staffordshire Hospital, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7QB, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 1782 554 995; fax: +44 1782 412 236.

Received 11 December 2006 ,Accepted 5 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2007.02.002

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 132-135 , 2007

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