Cryosurgery for the treatment of heel pain

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-505

  Cavazos, G Javier ^a   Khan, Khurram H ^b   D'Antoni, Anthony V ^b   Harkless, Lawrence B ^c   Lopez, Danine ^a  

^a RGV Footcare   (United States)

^b NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Heel pain; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOSURGERY; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUMERIC PAIN SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CRYOSURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 66749165872     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0500     Document Type: Article

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