The sural nerve (SN) is a significant peripheral nerve that provides sensory innervation to the posterolateral aspect of the leg and the lateral side of the foot. Understanding its anatomy is ...

The same authors have now investigated whether C-peptide treatment improves peripheral nerve ... At baseline, sensory nerve conduction velocity (SCV) in the sural nerve was reduced in all ...

Nerve conduction studies should include at least four peripheral nerves, with stimulation of median, ulnar, peroneal, and ...

A nerve biopsy involves the process of removing a small length of a peripheral nerve for histologic examination under the microscope ... The most accessible sensory nerve for biopsy is the sural nerve ...

These common injuries with potentially devastating results provide ongoing stimulus for researchers striving for improved understanding of peripheral nerve biology and its application to nerve repair.

In this study, 33 patients with liver cirrhosis were evaluated clinically and electrophysiologically to detect any evidence of peripheral neuropathy. Nerve conduction studies were performed in the ...