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PS8 - 5. Ultrasound findings after surgical decompression of the tarsal tunnel in patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy. A prospective, randomized, study

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It has been hypothesized that the development of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) is due to swelling of the nerve, as well as thickening and stiffening of the surrounding ligaments, causing chronic compression of nerves. The authors aimed to examine the effect of surgical decompression of the tibial nerve on the mean cross sectional area (CSA).

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Joanne F.M. Macaré van Maurik & Mireille van Hal

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marita E.L. Schouten

  3. Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Iris ten Katen

  4. Department of Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Edgar J.G. Peters

  5. Professor and head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Moshe Kon

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1 Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2 Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht Faculty of Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 3 Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 4 Department of Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 5 Professor and head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: M.E.L.Schouten@students.uu.nl

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van Maurik, J., Schouten, M., Katen, I. et al. PS8 - 5. Ultrasound findings after surgical decompression of the tarsal tunnel in patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy. A prospective, randomized, study. NED. TIJDSCHR. DIABET. 11, 178–179 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12467-013-0131-6

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