Achilles tendon suture deteriorates tendon capillary blood flow with sustained tissue oxygen saturation – an animal study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Treatment of ruptured Achilles tendons currently constitutes of conservative early functional treatment or surgical treatment either by open or minimal invasive techniques. We hypothesize that an experimental Achilles tendon suture i...

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Main Authors: Vogt Peter M, Rotter Robert, Lorenzen Johan, Kraemer Robert, Knobloch Karsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Online Access:http://www.josr-online.com/content/4/1/32