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 ...

This week we are going to discuss sural neuritis, which is a nerve irritation of the sural nerve in the lower leg that can mimic other conditions such as a 5th metatarsal fracture, an Achilles ...

Nerve conduction studies were abnormal in 24 (73 ... in 66% of patients with amplitude reduced in 30% of patients. Sural sensory amplitude was reduced in 52% of patients with conduction-velocity ...