Patient's assessment of discomfort during ultrasound-guided injection of Morton's neuroma: Selecting the optimal approach

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 330-334

  Yap, Lee Pheng ^a   Mcnally, Eugene ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morton's neuroma; Musculoskeletal system; Nerves; Patient discomfort; Soft tissues; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound guided injection

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; INJECTION; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEUROMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEUROMA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862236357     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.21926     Document Type: Article

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