Treatment of painful hand neuromas by their transfer into bone

Painful neuromas in the hand are not only very disabling for the patient, but difficult to treat. We present the results of 20 painful neuromas treated by burying the neuroma in the bone. Eighteen of the 20 neuromas operated on had acceptable results, according to the criteria of Herndon et al. We p...

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Published inPlastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) Vol. 74; no. 2; p. 182
Main Authors Mass, D P, Ciano, M C, Tortosa, R, Newmeyer, W L, Kilgore, Jr, E S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1984
Subjects
Adult
Bone and Bones - surgery
Female
Hand - surgery
Humans
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Neuroma - surgery
Pain - etiology
Pain - surgery
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Summary:Painful neuromas in the hand are not only very disabling for the patient, but difficult to treat. We present the results of 20 painful neuromas treated by burying the neuroma in the bone. Eighteen of the 20 neuromas operated on had acceptable results, according to the criteria of Herndon et al. We present our technique and compare our results with other treatments in the literature.
ISSN:0032-1052
DOI:10.1097/00006534-198408000-00002