Growth or thickening of nerve tissue. The painful neuroma is frozen and no longer causes pain.
Symptoms include burning, tingling, electric pain, the feeling of stepping on a pebble
Permanent solutions to neuroma pain include surgical excision (6-week recovery and a chance of getting a stump neuroma), 6-10 weekly alcohol injections which can cause surrounding tissue damage, or cryoneuroablation where you can walk immediately after treatment.
The neuroma is treated with several pulses of cryoablation. The total freeze time is about 9-12 minutes and the total procedure time is about 25-30 minutes. Sedation anesthesia is optional.
A pain free foot in 3-5 days with return to normal activity in 5-7 days.
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No, the neuroma will be destroyed, however it is possible for new nerves to form and become irritated.
Most people are back to exercise one week after cryoablation.
Stump neuromas are very difficult to treat, although we have successful cases where a previously excised neuroma became a stump neuroma and was successfully treated with cryosurgery.
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