Effectiveness of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection in the treatment of Morton's neuroma

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-487

  Markovic, Maja ^a,b   Crichton, Ken ^a   Read, John W ^a   Lam, Peter ^a   Slater, Henry Kim ^a  

^a University of Sydney ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injection; Morton's neuroma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOHNSON GRADING SCALE; MALE; METATARSALGIA; NEUROMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BETAMETHASONE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42949083917     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0483     Document Type: Article

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