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The foot is innervated by five peripheral nerves (tibial, sural, saphenous, superficial, and deep peroneal nerves). Injection of these nerves provides reliable surgical anesthesia and analgesia of the foot. These nerve blocks can also be used for peripheral neuropathic pain in the foot in the context of peripheral nerve injury or entrapment and play an important diagnostic and therapeutic role in patients with chronic foot and ankle pain.
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Peng, P. (2022). Ankle Nerve Block. In: Jankovic, D., Peng, P. (eds) Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88727-8_67
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