Surgical treatment of Morton's neuroma: Clinical results after open excision

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1857-1861

  Kasparek, Maximilian ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Herz Jesu Krankenhaus   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AOFAS SCORE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTON NEUROMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROMA; NEUROMA SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884595589     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-2002-6     Document Type: Article

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