Management of chronic leg and knee pain following surgery or trauma related to saphenous nerve and knee neuromata

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Levin, Mark ^b   Larson, Ethan E ^a   Al Attar, Ali ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic knee pain; Chronic leg pain; Knee denervation; Saphenous nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMA; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 76149099275     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819b6c9c     Document Type: Article

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