E ntrapment neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve is caused mostly by compression at the fibula head region. In cases of severe axon loss, demonstration of conduction block or reduction of conduction velocity would be difficult. Apart from demyelination, mechanical factors and ischemic mechanisms may play a role. Differing degrees of damage to individual nerve fascicles may occur within the c...

Common peroneal nerve compression is a well-recognized entity that can cause severe debilitating clinical manifestations. The current literature describes numerous locations and mechanisms of compression, including both structural and systemic causes. Anatomical variants should be considered part of the differential diagnosis in peroneal nerve impingement. We present the case of a 14-year-old b...

Surgical treatment for recurrent, common peroneal neuropathy has not been reported. Herein, we describe a successfully treated case using the proximally based sural fasciocutaneous flap after reneurolysis of the adhesive common peroneal nerve. A 33-year-old man received a neurolysis operation for entrapment neuropathy of the common peroneal nerve 2 years before first admission in our clinic. Al...

Intramedullary tibial nailing was performed in ten paired cadavers and the insertion of a medial-to-lateral proximal oblique locking screw was simulated in each specimen. Anatomical dissection was undertaken to determine the relationship of the common peroneal nerve to the cross-screw. The common peroneal nerve was contacted directly in four tibiae and the cross-screw was a mean of 2.6 mm (1.0 ...

Direct stimulation of 23 median, 13 ulnar and 2 peroneal nerves at the time of surgical exploration has been used to locate, and characterize the conduction abnormalities in the nerves. The most frequent location of the major conduction abnormalities in the median nerve was in the first 1-2 cm distal to the origin of the carpal tunnel. In the ulnar nerve the important conduction abnormalities w...

We describe entrapment of the common peroneal nerve by a suture after surgical repair of the distal biceps femoris tendon. Complete rupture of the distal biceps femoris tendon of a 16-year-old male athlete was surgically repaired. Postoperative common peroneal nerve palsy was evident, but conservative treatment did not cause any neurological improvement. Reexploration revealed that the common p...

Ganglia were first described by Hippocrates, as `knots of tissue' containing `mucoid flesh' (1). They occur most commonly at the wrist and occasionally at the knee. They usually present with pain and rarely cause compressive neuropathies. Hartwell (2) in 1901 first described peripheral nerve (median nerve) involvement by a ganglion. In 1921, Sultan (3) reported a patient with paralysis of the c...