Abstract
The sural nerve is a pure sensory nerve and can be entrapped in several different locations causing pain in the calf as well as the lateral ankle and foot. When injured by trauma or compression, neuropathic pain, burning, and cutaneous allodynia may occur. Physical examination is considered the principal method of clinical diagnosis of sural nerve neuropathies. This pain condition may be treated with nerve injections or neurolytic or surgical techniques.
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Brown, M.N., Pearce, B.S., Vanetti, T.K. (2016). Sural Nerve Entrapment. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_71
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