Long-term evaluation of interdigital neuroma treated by surgical excision

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 574-577

  Womack, John W ^a,b   Richardson, David R ^a   Murphy, G Andrew ^a   Richardson, E Greer ^a   Ishikawa, Susan N ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdigital neuroma; Long term followup; Neuroma excision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HAND TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849089777     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0574     Document Type: Article

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