Technique of the Sural Nerve Biopsy

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-142

  Bevilacqua, Nicholas J ^a   Rogers, Lee C ^a   Malik, Rayaz A ^a   Armstrong, David G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

diabetes; nerve biopsy; peripheral neuropathy; sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; NERVE BIOPSY; PAIN; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURAL NERVE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 33847219673     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Adler A.I., Boyko E.J., Ahroni J.H., Stensel V., Forsberg R.C., and Smith D.G. Risk factors for diabetic peripheral sensory neuropathy. Results of the Seattle Prospective Diabetic Foot Study. Diabetes Care 20 (1997) 1162-1167
2. de Neeling J.N., Beks P.J., Bertelsmann F.W., Heine R.J., and Bouter L.M. Peripheral somatic nerve function in relation to glucose tolerance in an elderly Caucasian population: the Hoorn study. Diabet Med 13 (1996) 960-966
3. Dyck P.J., Kratz K.M., Karnes J.L., Litchy W.J., Klein R., Pach J.M., Wilson D.M., O'Brien P.C., Melton III L.J., and Service F.J. The prevalence by staged severity of various types of diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy, and nephropathy in a population-based cohort: the Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study. Neurology 43 (1993) 817-824
4. Boulton A.J. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and diabetes. Curr Diab Rep 3 (2003) 437-438
5. McLeod J.G. Sural nerve biopsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 69 (2000) 431
6. Grant I.A. Differential diagnosis of diabetic neuropathies. In: Dyck P.J., and Thomas P.K. (Eds). Diabetic Neuropathy. ed 2 (1999), Philadelphia, WB Saunders 415-444
7. Dyck P.J., Dyck P.J.B., and Englestad J. Pathologic alterations of nerves. In: Dyck P.J., and Thomas P.K. (Eds). Peripheral Neuropathy. ed 4 (2005), Philadelphia, Elsevier Saunders 733-741
8. Ruth A., Schulmeyer F., Roesch M., Woertgen C., and Brawanski A. Diagnostic and therapeutic value due to suspected diagnosis, long-term complications, and indication for sural nerve biopsy. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 107 (2004) 214-217
9. Dyck P.J., Dyck B., and Engelstad J. Pathologic Alterations of Nerves. ed 4 (2005), WB Saunders, Philadelphia
10. Kumar S., and Jacob S. Variability in the extent of sensory deficit after sural nerve biopsy. Neurology India 52 (2004) 436-438
11. Theriault M., Dort J., Sutherland G., and Zochodne D.W. A prospective quantitative study of sensory deficits after whole sural nerve biopsies in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. Surgical approach and the role of collateral sprouting. Neurology 50 (1998) 480-484
12. Solders G. Discomfort after fascicular sural nerve biopsy. Acta Neurol Scand 77 (1988) 503-504
13. Dahlin L.B., Eriksson K.F., and Sundkvist G. Persistent postoperative complaints after whole sural nerve biopsies in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. Diabet Med 14 (1997) 353-356
14. Gabriel C., Howard R., Kinsella N., Lucas S., McColl I., Saldanha G., Hall S.M., and Hughes R.A. Prospective study of the usefulness of sural nerve biopsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 69 (2000) 442-444
15. Pollock M., Nukada H., Taylor P., Donaldson I., and Carroll G. Comparison between fascicular and whole sural nerve biopsy. Ann Neurol 13 (1983) 65-68