Tibial Intraneural Ganglia in the Tarsal Tunnel: Is There a Joint Connection?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-31

  Spinner, Robert J ^a   Dellon, A Lee ^a   Rosson, Gedge D ^a   Anderson, Sharon R ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ganglion; intraneural cyst; synovial cyst; tarsal tunnel; tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; NERVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTALAR JOINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TARSAL BONE; TARSAL TUNNEL; TIBIAL INTRANEURAL GANGLIA;

ANKLE; FOOT; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; JOINTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

EID: 33845755019     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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