Evaluation and Treatment of Navicular Stress Fractures, Including Nonunions, Revision Surgery, and Persistent Pain After Treatment

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-204

  Mann, Jeffrey A ^a   Pedowitz, David I ^b  

^a Summitt Medical Center   (United States)

^b Crystal Run Healthcare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Navicular; Nonunion; Stress fracture; Stress reaction

Indexed keywords

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STRESS FRACTURE; TARSAL BONE;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, STRESS; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REOPERATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TARSAL BONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66749164795     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.01.003     Document Type: Review

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