Tarsal tunnel syndrome. Causes and results of operative treatment
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Tarsal tunnel syndrome. Causes and results of operative treatment.
From 1975 to 1988, operative treatment was performed on 50 feet in 45 patients with tarsal tunnel syndrome. The causes of this syndrome were correlated with operative findings and included ganglia in 18, and a bony prominence from talocalcaneal coalition in 15. Five feet had sustained an injury, tumours were found in three and there was no obvious cause in nine. In most cases in need of operati...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.73b1.1991745