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Reconstruction for xanthoma of the Achilles tendon

✍ Scribed by S. K. Saraf; S. V. Sharma

Publisher
Springer
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
199 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0341-2695

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✦ Synopsis

Two patients with bilateral xanthoma of the Achilles tendon were treated by wide resection of the tumour. Reconstruction was carried out by a distally based flap fashioned from the remaining proximal tendon and gastrocnemius aponeurosis.

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