Achilles Tendon Reconstruction Using a Hamstring Tendon Autograft for Chronic Rupture of the Achilles Tendon in Patients Over 70 Years of Age: A Retrospective Case Series

Yasunari Ikuta; Tomoyuki Nakasa; Shingo Kawabata; Nobuo Adachi

doi:10.7759/cureus.42788

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Achilles Tendon Reconstruction Using a Hamstring Tendon Autograft for Chronic Rupture of the Achilles Tendon in Patients Over 70 Years of Age: A Retrospective Case Series

Yasunari Ikuta Tomoyuki Nakasa Shingo Kawabata Nobuo Adachi

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Published: Aug 01, 2023

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

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Yasunari Ikuta, Tomoyuki Nakasa, Shingo Kawabata, et al. (2023). Achilles Tendon Reconstruction Using a Hamstring Tendon Autograft for Chronic Rupture of the Achilles Tendon in Patients Over 70 Years of Age: A Retrospective Case Series. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42788

Achilles Tendon Reconstruction Using a Hamstring Tendon Autograft for Chronic Rupture of the Achilles Tendon in Patients Over 70 Years of Age: A Retrospective Case Series

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