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[Tarsal tunnel syndrome: report of 11 cases]
F A Settanni1, S A Cecilio, L de M Leandro
1Serviço de Neurocirurgia, Hopital do Servidor Público do Estado de São Paulo.
Unlabelled:
Little is know on tarsal tunnel syndrome by means of image and electrophysiological access. It is imperative the differential diagnosis on diseases which present foot pain.
Purpose:
To present patients with foot pain complaints, whose clinical pattern allowed the diagnosis of tarsal tunnel syndrome.
Methods:
Eleven patients underwent nerve velocity conduction examination concluding for entrapment. They were submitted to tarsal tunnel surgical decompression by sectioning the flexor retinaculum.
Results:
Most of the cases showed a marked fibrous thickening. The improvement of symptoms was noted in the first weeks. No recurrence was observed from three months to five years.
Conclusion:
The main question was the presentation of the tarsal tunnel syndrome and some adequate procedures.