Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , March 2010

Surgical tip: Repair of acute Achilles rupture with Krackow suture through a 1.5cm medial wound

  • T.H. Lui, MBBS (HK), FRCS (Edin), FHKAM, FHKCOS

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Received 17 September 2008 ,Revised 28 March 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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PII: S1268-7731(09)00050-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.04.004

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , March 2010

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