Sural nerve supplies skin on the lower lateral part of the back of the leg, the lateral margin and adjoining part of dorsum of the foot and the lateral side of the little toe. The sural nerve is the branch of tibial nerve and it arises in the middle of the popliteal fossa. The present study aims to determine the pattern of the cutaneous distributions of sural nerve of the dorsum of the foot. Su...

INTRODUCTION The sural/radial nerve amplitude ratio (SRAR) is the quotient of the sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) amplitudes (Amp) of the sural and the superficial radial nerve. It has been hypothesized that this ratio can be used for the detection of early axonal loss, because the sural SNAP amplitude will decrease first, thereby also decreasing the SRAR value. OBJECTIVES To determine ...

OBJECTIVE Establishing reference values for neuroconduction studies regarding the peroneal, tibial and sural nerves in a group of young adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS Neuroconduction was tested (also known as nerve conduction velocity (NCV) tests) on 155 asymptomatic subjects' tibial, peroneal and sural nerves using current conventional techniques, after informed written consent had been obtai...

Autologous nerve transplantation (ANT) is the clinical gold standard for the reconstruction of peripheral nerve defects. A large number of bioengineered nerve guides have been tested under laboratory conditions as an alternative to the ANT. The step from experimental studies to the implementation of the device in the clinical setting is often substantial and the outcome is unpredictable. This i...

BACKGROUND The application of radiofrequency (RF) has been successfully used in the treatment of chronic pain conditions, including facet arthropathy, sacroiliac joint pain, groin pain, radicular pain, cervicogenic headaches, and phantom limb pain. Due to the neurodestructive effect of continuous RF ablation and possible deafferentation sequelae, only pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) has been applie...

The interposition sural nerve graft has been attempted occasionally during radical prostatectomy for the recovery of continence and erectile function; however, nerve autograft may result in adverse events for the patient. Here, we present our initial experiences using NerbridgeTM, a novel conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration, rather than utilizing sural nerve grafting, in robot-assisted la...

In an attempt to find the best electrophysiological indicator of improvement for the neuropathy present in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis, several types of nerve conduction were studied at the beginning of dialysis and six months later. Sural nerve conduction and late response latencies were recorded in addition to conventional motor and sensory nerve conductions. A...