The anatomic features of the sural nerve with an emphasis on its clinical importance

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 560-567

  Aktan Ikiz, Z Asli ^a,b   Üćerler, Hülya ^a   Bilge, Okan ^a  

^a Medicine Anatomy Department ^*

^b Anatomy Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flap; Lateral Malleolus; Nerve Injury; Sural Nerve Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MALLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TOE;

EID: 21744432156     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600712     Document Type: Article

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