Morton's interdigital neuroma: A clinical review of its etiology, treatment, and results

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 112-119

  Wu, Kent K ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

nerve pathology, foot; neuroma, interdigital

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSALGIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMA; ORTHOSIS; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0029944558     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-2516(96)80027-5     Document Type: Review

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