Research Catalog

Title

The Achilles tendon : treatment and rehabilitation / edited by James A. Nunley.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2009], ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Nunley, James A.

Description

xv, 255 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Achilles tendon > Wounds and injuries
• Sports injuries
• Rupture > rehabilitation
• Achilles Tendon > injuries
• Tendinopathy > rehabilitation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Introduction -- 1. Anatomy of the Achilles Tendon / Florian Nickisch -- 2. Ultrasound Examination of the Achilles Tendon / John S. Reach, Jr. and James A. Nunley -- 3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Achilles Tendon / Kush Singh and Clyde A. Helms -- Sect. II. Acute Injuries -- 4. Ruptures of the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle ("Tennis Leg") / Joseph Yu and William E. Garrett, Jr. -- 5. Nonoperative Management of Acute Ruptures / Hajo Thermann and Christoph Becher -- 6. Acute Repairs of the Achilles Tendon by the Percutaneous Technique / Ansar Mahmood and Nicola Maffulli -- 7. Mini-Open Repair of Acute Ruptures / Mathieu Assal -- 8. Formal Open Repair of the Achilles Tendon / Claude T. Moorman III and Maria K. A. Kaseta -- 9. Rehabilitation After Acute Ruptures of the Achilles Tendon / Anish R. Kadakia, Kelly Short P. T. ̃and Mark S. Myerson -- Sect. III. Chronic Injuries -- 10. Treatment of the Chronic Elongated Achilles Tendon with Anatomic Reconstruction / Beat Hintermann and Markus Knupp -- 11. Treatment of Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures with Tendon Transfers / Andrew M. Ebert and Robert B. Anderson -- 12. Free Tissue Reconstruction / Kurtis Moyer and L. Scott Levin -- Sect. IV. Achilles Tendinopathy -- 13. Noninsertional Achilles Tendinopathy: An Overview / Mark E. Easley and Ian L. D. Le -- 14. Nonoperative Management of Achilles Tendinopathy / Justin Paoloni and George A. C. Murrell -- 15. Surgical Management of Achilles Tendinopathy by Percutaneous Longitudinal Tenotomies / Ansar Mahmood and Nicola Maffulli -- 16. Open Debridement of Noninsertional Achilles Tendinopathy / Mark E. Easley and Ian L. D. Le -- 17. Overview of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy / James A. Nunley -- 18. Medial and Lateral Approaches to Insertional Achilles Disease / W. Hodges Davis -- 19. Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: The Central Approach / James A. Nunley and John S. Reach, Jr. -- 20. Treatment of Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures with an Acellular Dermal Matrix Augmentation / Troy S. Watson and James A. Nunley.

ISBN

• 9780387792057 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0387792058 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0387792066 (ebk.)
• 9780387792064 (ebk.)

LCCN

2008930711

OCLC

• ocn288986691
• 288986691
• SCSB-5467189

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries