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Foot and ankle injections can play an important diagnostic and therapeutic role in patients with chronic foot and ankle pain. Ultrasound is a validated technique to guide injections of the tibiotalar and subtalar joints. Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve injections can also be used for peripheral neuropathic pain in the foot in the context of peripheral nerve injury or entrapment.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Neilesh Soneji

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network – Toronto Western Hospital, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Neilesh Soneji

  3. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Philip Peng

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Philip Peng

  2. Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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  3. Madi Pain Management Center, Jeonju, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang Hoon Lee

  4. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anuj Bhatia

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Soneji, N., Peng, P. (2020). Ankle Joint and Nerves. In: Peng, P., Finlayson, R., Lee, S., Bhatia, A. (eds) Ultrasound for Interventional Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18371-4_24

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