Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-53999
Farshad, M; Gerber, C; Snedeker, J G; Meyer, D C (2011). Helical cutting as a new method for tendon-lengthening in continuity. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 93(8):733-738.
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Abstract
Helical cutting reliably leaves the tendon in continuity, allows more lengthening than that which can be achieved with z-plasty, and can offer improved resistance to tensile loads.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
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| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > Balgrist University Hospital, Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Center |
| DDC: | 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | April 2011 |
| Deposited On: | 04 Jan 2012 15:24 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2012 02:54 |
| Publisher: | Boston, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| ISSN: | 0021-9355 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.2106/JBJS.J.00246 |
| PubMed ID: | 21508280 |
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