Soleful solutions: Advancements in treatment strategies for ledderhose disease.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Ledderhose disease (plantar fibromatosis) is a benign and progressive proliferative disorder of the plantar fascia that forms fixed and painful nodules within the fascia, causing functional disability and decreased quality of life. METHODS: we conducted a narrative review using Pubmed (https//pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and searched for the terms "Ledderhose disease" "plantar fibromatosis" "Ledderhose disease treatment" "plantar fibromatosis treatment" with further focused searches in Pubmed to supplement information regarding each intervention. RESULTS: many non-surgical therapeutic strategies are used in managing symptoms. These include pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options. Surgical treatment is employed when these therapies are not able to control the symptoms. CONCLUSION: understanding and exploring effective treatment modalities for Ledderhose disease (LD) is important in improving the functional disability and quality of life. This review aims to showcase a general outline of the condition and illustrate the present treatments used to manage the disease. LEVELS OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic study, Level V.