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Conservative, open or percutaneous repair for acute rupture of the Achilles tendon

Ananthan Dave Ebinesan University of Keele, Department of Postgraduate Medicine, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
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Bhupinder Singh Sarai University of Keele, Department of Postgraduate Medicine, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
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Gayle D. Walley University of Keele, Department of Postgraduate Medicine, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent; Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK
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Nicola Maffulli University of Keele, Department of Postgraduate Medicine, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent; Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth)
Pages 1721-1725 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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