The most accessible sensory nerve for biopsy is the sural nerve located behind the ankle. The procedure involves injection of a local anesthetic in the area to be biopsied. An incision about two ...

Ankle pain when walking can result from many possible causes, including injuries, conditions like arthritis, and more. Here ...

About one-third to one-half of the way down from the popliteal fossa to the ankle, near the inferior termination of the gastrocnemius muscles, the sural nerve enters the saphenous space and is ...

The average American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) score at 6 months was 98 ... Two patients had altered sensation in the distribution of the sural nerve which settled spontaneously ...

This type of tendonitis is most often felt on the outer ankle and gets worse with activity Peroneal tendonitis, or an ...

Sensory studies of the sural, superficial peroneal and medial plantar nerves were normal. Stimulation of the deep peroneal nerve at the ankle gave rise to a normal antidromic sensory nerve action ...

The sural nerve is chosen as nerve graft. The ankle joint is bent at a 90-degree angle and tilted toward the opposite thigh. The skin behind the lateral malleolus is incised, ~ 1 to 2 cm from the ...

Tendon jerks (mostly the ankle jerks) were impaired or absent in five (15.1%) patients. Nerve conduction studies ... reduced in 30% of patients. Sural sensory amplitude was reduced in 52% of ...

These patients were divided into seven groups based on aetiology: sural nerve compression, abductor digiti minimi ... guidelines Heel Pain Committee of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons ...

The microdecompression surgery of Woods' lumbar spine was performed for a nerve impingement of his lower ... as well as significant trauma to his right ankle. Doctors inserted a rod, screws ...