Surgeon's foot: a report of sural nerve palsy.
Although compression neuropathies are encountered frequently in neurosurgical practice, involvement of the sural nerve is described rarely. We report a case of bilateral compression neuropathy of the sural nerve with an unusual mechanism of injury. The case is discussed, and the pertinent literature is reviewed.
Shaffrey
M E
ME
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
Jane
J A
JA
Persing
J A
JA
Shaffrey
C I
CI
Phillips
L H
LH
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009493:Neurosurgery; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*