Various methods have been used to treat the acute Achilles tendon rupture. Traditional open repair is associated with a higher rate of complications. Percutaneous methods avoid most of the disadvantages of open surgical treatment, but the degree of tendon regeneration cannot be ensured. The authors prospectively followed 40 patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture who underwent percutaneous ...

A 48-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hypothyroidism presented to an outside institution progressive bilateral lower extremity numbness weakness. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) suggested acquired demyelinating polyneuropathy. Right sural nerve biopsy revealed mild chronic neuropathy, axonal degeneration, demyelination, remyelination. He received monthly IV immunoglobulin (IVI...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is suggested to be associated with peripheral nerve damage. A case-control study was conducted to provide further support to this observation. In a longitudinal intervention study, it was examined whether treatment for OSA has a possible beneficial effect on peripheral nerve function. METHODS Participants were 23 patients with OSA and 23...

A novel flexible neural ribbon electrode with a self-adaptive feature is successfully implemented for various small nerves recording. As a neural interface, the selective recording capability is characterized by having reliable signal acquisitions from the sciatic nerve and its branches such as the peroneal nerve, the tibial nerve, and the sural nerve.

We herein report the case of a patient with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated neuropathy with atypical pathological findings of a biopsied sural nerve. A 48-year-old man was admitted for a gait disturbance. Purpura and edema on the legs and hyperalgesia on the distal extremities were noted. The plasma HCV viral load was high, and cryoglobulin was positive. In the biopsied sural nerve, perivasc...

X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy (X-BSN) is an adult-onset spinal and bulbar amyotrophy. Neurophysiologic studies demonstrate subclinical involvement of sensory nerves with diminished or absent sensory nerve action potientials and denervation changes, indicating the involvement of sensory neurons. We report the clinical features, findings of electrophysiologic study, and results of m...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical presentations of Kennedy disease (KD) and compare the neurophysiological features between KD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS). METHODS Nine patients with KD, 13 patients with ALS and 26 normal control subjects were recruited. The clinical presentations of KD were analyzed, and the results of nerve conduction studies and electromyography were compared amon...