Cochrane in CORR®: Surgical interventions for treating acute Achilles tendon ruptures (Review)

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¹ Division of Orthopaedics, Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St. North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON, L8L 8E7, Canada, Raman.mundi@medportal.ca.

Comment

Raman Mundi et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;472(6):1703-8.

doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3350-7. Epub 2013 Oct 25.

¹ Division of Orthopaedics, Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St. North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON, L8L 8E7, Canada, Raman.mundi@medportal.ca.

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Surgical interventions for treating acute Achilles tendon ruptures.
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