Morton's Neuroma

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-545

  Adams, William R ^a,b  

^a Jackson Purchase Medical Center   (United States)

^b 1029 Medical Center Circle   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdigital neuroma; Morton neuroma; Nerve compression syndrome; Neuritis; Neuroma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOL; STEROID;

ANALGESIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOSURGERY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FIBROSIS; FOOT SURGERY; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; METATARSALGIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEURECTOMY; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; ORTHOTICS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PES EQUINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSALGIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77957673265     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2010.06.004     Document Type: Review

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