Morton's syndrome: Surgical strategies according to the digital nerve pathology

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-137

  Volpe, A ^a,c   Tognon, S ^a   Fassina, A ^b  

^a Abano Terme Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Morton's syndrome; Neurectomy; Neurolysis; Sonography; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSALGIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURECTOMY; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032468678     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9584.1998.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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