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Long-term follow-up of heel spur surgery. A 10-year retrospective study
- Source :
- Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 89(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- A comparative retrospective study of 48 open heel spur surgeries and 20 endoscopic plantar fasciotomies was conducted involving 59 patients over a 10-year period. There was a significant reduction in heel pain at the time of follow-up (average, 3 years) for both groups. Overall, 85% of procedures were associated with patient satisfaction with the results, and patients said that they would recommend heel spur surgery for relief of severe heel pain in 94% of cases. Factors influencing the postoperative outcome, such as duration of preoperative symptoms, extent of conservative care, and obesity, are discussed.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Heel
Long term follow up
medicine.medical_treatment
Pain
Fasciotomy
Foot Diseases
Patient satisfaction
Medicine
Postoperative outcome
Humans
Pain Management
Obesity
Exostoses
Retrospective Studies
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Endoscopy
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Surgery
body regions
Calcaneus
medicine.anatomical_structure
Patient Satisfaction
Spur
Female
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 87507315
- Volume :
- 89
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....015e4374c2b7229c28bd046696e91a8e