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 ...

Chronic hyperglycemia can lead to microvascular injuries, which subsequently cause damage to peripheral nerve fibers. Ekberg and colleagues proposed that in type 1 diabetes a deficiency of C ...