The sural nerve is a key component of the lower leg's sensory system, influencing balance and proprioception (your body's sense of position and movement). By training and optimizing its ...

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

In another type of nerve surgery, a surgeon cuts the nerve completely, burying the ends in nearby muscles. A 2020 research review of 39 articles concluded that this surgery was a valid treatment ...

Dr G Midroni, Neurophysiology laboratory, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8. Telephone 00416 864 5193; fax 00416 864 6095. A 22 year old woman with recently ...

It’s important for doctors and, especially, surgeons to know about the different anatomical variations of nerves so they can properly diagnose and treat nerve-related disorders. It's of special ...

2014.1006 American Cancer Society. Laparoscopy. Tan, Y., Liverneaux, P. Wong, J. Frontiers in Surgery. Current Limitations of Surgical Robotics in Reconstroctuve Plastic Microsurgery. University of ...

A nerve biopsy apparently showed a hypertrophic sural nerve, with striking onion bulb formation and occasional inflammatory ... but only enlarged thickened roots were found at surgery. Slight ...

What are the different methods of surgery? Surgery doesn't always mean large cuts (incisions) and long healing times, as in the past. Depending on the type of surgery, several methods may be used.