Ultra–high‐frequency ultrasound imaging of sural nerve: A comparative study with nerve biopsy in progressive neuropathies

MR imaging of the cauda equina in hereditary motor sensory neuropathies: correlations with sural nerve biopsy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although spinal root abnormalities are known to occur, spinal MR examination is seldom performed in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (HMSN). The following work was undertaken to assess the MR imaging spectrum of lumbosacral spinal nerve root abnormalities and determine whether intradural nerve root involvement could be related to any biopsy feature. METHODS Ten...

Prospective study of the usefulness of sural nerve biopsy.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the usefulness of sural nerve biopsy in neurological practice. METHODS The first prospective study of sural nerve biopsy in 50 consecutive patients was undertaken. The investigating neurologist declared the prebiopsy diagnosis and management plan and after 3 months an independent neurologist evaluated the contribution of the biopsy to diagnosis and mana...

Sensory loss from whole sural nerve biopsy.

Discomfort after fascicular sural nerve biopsy.

Sural nerve biopsy may, in selected cases, give valuable information in the investigation of patients with polyneuropathy. The prevalence and severity of patient discomfort after fascicular nerve biopsy was investigated in 67 patients by a mailed questionnaire. A lasting (greater than 6 months) significant discomfort was found in 6 patients (11%), in 3 of these the symptoms were graded as sever...

Sequelae following sural nerve biopsy in type 1 diabetic subjects.

OBJECTIVES To detect post-operative sequelae of sural nerve biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire mailed to type 1 diabetic patients (n = 24; male/female 23/1; reply n = 23) 2 years after biopsy. RESULTS Type 1 diabetic patients (age 56 [11]; median [interquartile range]) had a long duration of diabetes (DM; 20 [19] years) and all had neuropathy. Three out of 24 patients developed i...