Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 111–112 | Cite as

Does the dosage matter in sclerosing polidocanol injections in Achilles tendinopathy?

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Keywords

Power Doppler Sonography Polidocanol Achilles Tendinopathy Tennis Elbow Patellar Tendinopathy 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive SurgeryHannover Medical SchoolHannoverGermany

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