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Other Surgical Procedures for Plantar Fasciitis

Doctors may use surgical techniques other than plantar fascia release for chronic heel pain and/or plantar fasciitis. These usually are done in combination with plantar fascia release when there is prolonged heel pain and another heel problem.

These surgeries include:

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Removing a heel spur, sometimes done with plantar fascia release.
Other types of surgery on the bones of the feet.
Stretching or loosening certain foot nerves (neurolysis) and removing or severing specific foot nerves (neurectomy).

By	Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer	William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer	Barry L. Scurran, DPM - Podiatry and Podiatric Surgery
Last Revised	July 13, 2011

WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise

Last Updated: July 13, 2011

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