Treatment of Morton's neuroma with alcohol injection under sonographic guidance: Follow-up of 101 cases

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1535-1539

  Hughes, Richard J ^a   Ali, Kaline ^a   Jones, Hugh ^a   Kendall, Sue ^a   Connell, David A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Alcohol injection; Foot; Morton's neuroma; Musculoskeletal imaging; Sonographic guidance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSALGIA; MORBIDITY; NEUROMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249884803     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1463     Document Type: Article

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