Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 442-445 , September 2010

Operative Treatment for Ganglion Cysts of the Foot and Ankle

  • Jae Hoon Ahn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jae Hoon Ahn, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eulji University College of Medicine, 1306 Dunsan-dong Seo-gu, Daejeon, 302-799, Korea.
    • ,
  • Won-Sik Choy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
    • ,
  • Ha-Yong Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea

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 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(10)00236-X

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.06.006

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 442-445 , September 2010

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