Surgical treatment of achilles tendon ruptures: the comparison of open and percutaneous methods in a rabbit model


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Yilmaz G., Doral M. N., TURHAN E., DÖNMEZ G., Atay A. O., KAYA D.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.20, sa.5, ss.311-318, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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BACKGROUND: This study was intended to investigate the healing properties of open and percutaneous techniques in a rabbit model and compare histological, electron microscopical, and biomechanical findings of the healed tendon between the groups.