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Open Access 05-03-2025 | Review
Overview of nerve entrapment syndromes in the foot and ankle
Published in: International Orthopaedics
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Metadata
- Title
- Overview of nerve entrapment syndromes in the foot and ankle
- Authors
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Milos Bojovic
Sanja Dimitrijevic
Bruno C. R. Olory
Cristiano Eirale
Omar AlSeyrafi
Abdulrahman Abdulla AlBaker
Branislav Krivokapic
Danilo Jeremic
Pieter DHooghe
- Publication date
- 05-03-2025
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published in
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International Orthopaedics
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-025-06469-5