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There are many treatment options for Morton\u2019s neuroma, with the most common surgical option being traction neurectomy. While there has been success in many surgical procedures, up to 35% of patients treated with traction neurectomy have recurrent pain and up to one-third of these patients have a recurrent stump neuroma. These neuromas are caused by abnormal axonal growth during regeneration, leading to an unorganized mass of fibrotic collagenous tissues, Schwann cells, and axons. More recent surgical treatments of neuromas have included nerve capping, which has been proposed to prevent painful neuroma formation by isolating the nerve end from external chemosignaling and reducing disorganized axonal outgrowth. An off-the-shelf, biocompatible porcine small intestine submucosa (pSIS) derived nerve cap with internal chambering has been investigated in a rodent study, which showed less pain sensitivity and less axonal swirling indicative of reduced likelihood of neuroma formation. 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