Management of Calcaneal Spur (Vatakantak) – A Case StudyPranam Suresh KharcheHemant Pundalikrao Charde
The aim of our meta-analysis was to compare outcomes for two surgical treatments of calcaneal fractures, percutaneous reduction and fixation with Kirschner wires (PRFK) and open reduction internal fixation (ORIF), with the intent of evaluating the qualit
Differential diagnoses that should be considered in cases of suspected Achilles tendinopathy include posterior ankle impingement; retrocalcaneal bursitis; symptomatic Haglund deformity; bone stress injury (BSI) of the distal tibia, fibula, or calcaneus; peroneal tendinopathy; and hindfoot arthrosis.11...
Role of radiotherapy in the management of heel spur Background Painful plantar heel spur (PPHS) is a benign disorder with painful heels as a result of plantar calcaneal bone spur. Exact etiological factors a... Uysal,B.,Beyzadeoglu,... - 《European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatolog...
Plantar fasciitis and the calcaneal spur: Fact or fiction? Plantar fasciitis is a common diagnosis in patients presenting with heel pain. The presence of co-existing calcaneal spurs has often been reported but conf... KS Johal,SA Milner - 《Foot & Ankle Surgery Official Journal of the European...
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Heel pain (heel spur syndrome, plantar fasciitis, fissures, Sever’s disease, posterior impingement syndrome, Achilles tendonitis/tendonosis/peritendonitis/tendonopathy, retrocalcaneal bursitis) Ankle pain (ankle sprains, arthritis, chronic lateral ankle pain, osteochondral lesions, peroneal tendonitis, tib...
Various modern treatment options are available for the management of calcaneal spur, but either they involve longer duration or are expensive. Hence, there is a need to opt treatment approaches that may provide satisfactory results with minimum adversities.Viddhakarma(~therapeutic needle-piercing) and...
Posterior tibial nerve block in the therapeutic management of painful calcaneal spur (plantar fascitis): a preliminary experience. Can J Anaesth 2003;50:862-3.Govindarajan R, Bakalova T, Doss NW, Splain SH, Michael R, Abadir AR. Posterior tibial nerve block...
The total number of patients receiving RT for heel spur pain was 450. Median age was 52 years (range 40-85 years). Two hundred and ninety-two (65%) of the patients were women and 158 (35%) were men. Radiologically calcaneal spurs were bilateral in 432 (96%) patients, whereas ...