Morton's Neuroma Removal Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

If you are planning to have this removal, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Recurrence of pain
• Numbness in the nearby toes
• Bleeding
• Infection
• Poor wound healing

Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Smoking
• Poor nutrition
• Long-term illness
• Use of certain medicines
• Diabetes
• Bleeding disorders

Call Your Doctor

After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills
• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
• Recurrence of the symptoms in your foot, or new, unexplained symptoms
• Cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, or severe nausea or vomiting

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.