Title of article :
ACHILES: AN IMORTAL EPONYMOUS
Author/Authors :
Salomão Barbachan Mansur, Nacime Federal University of Sao Paulo - Paulista School of Medicine - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil , Jun Sugawara Tamaoki, marcel Federal University of Sao Paulo - Paulista School of Medicine - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Abstract :
The conditions affecting the calcaneal tendon remain extreme-
ly prevalent in the clinical practice. The search for information
about these diseases in national and international scientific
databases are commonly hampered in the use of search tools,
requiring the use if an eponym in the strategy. Achilles, in ref-
erence to the hero of the Greek mythology, is often used by
several authors in scientific publications despite the new No-
mina Anatomica. Objective: This article intends to recover the
history behind the use of this term, which heroically resists in the
clinical discussions of everyday life in articles and textbooks.
Level of Evidence V, Literature Review
Farsi abstract :
فاقد چكيده فارسي
Keywords :
Achiles Tendon , History of Medicine , Terminology , Anatomy
Journal title :
Acta Ortopedica Brasileira
