Better healing for your Achilles' heel -- literally

Monday, September 8, 2014 - 03:02 in Health & Medicine

In most surgeries, damaged tissue is cleaned out before surgeons make the necessary repairs. However, a new minimally-invasive surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon actually uses the damaged tissue to help repair the tear.

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